Table 3.

Optimisation in Mental Healthcare Literature Thematic Overview.

Author	Planning Level	Planning Decision	Care Setting
Lyons and Young (1976)	Strategic	Capacity Dimensioning Staff	Multi-care units
Wolpert and Wolpert (1976)	Tactical	Admission Control	Multi-site care network
Muraco et al. (1977)	Strategic	Regional Coverage Care Centre Location	Multi-site care network
Heiner et al. (1981)	Tactical	Admission Control	Multi-site care network
Franz et al. (1984)	Strategic	Placement Policy	Multi-site care network
Leff et al. (1986)	Tactical	Admission Control	Multi-site care network
Specht (1993)	Strategic	Placement Policy	Multi-site care network
Bester et al. (2007)	Operational (Offline)	Staff-to-Shift Assignment	Multi-care units
Cohn et al. (2009)	Tactical	Staff-Shift Schedule	Multi-site care network
Hertz and Lahrichi (2009)	Tactical	Admission Control	Multi-site care network
	Operational (Offline)	Assessment and Intake Visit Scheduling Short-Term Care Plan Staff-to-Visit Assignment
Pagel et al. (2012)	Tactical	Appointment Scheduling	Multi-site care network
Samorani and LaGanga (2015)	Tactical	Appointment Scheduling	Single-care unit
Y. Li et al. (2016)	Operational (Offline)	Patient-to-Appointment Location Scheduling Visit Scheduling Staff-to-Visit Assignment	Multi-site care network