A state-of-the-art review of operation research models and applications in home healthcare

Fariba Goodarzian; Hossein Shokri Garjan; Peiman Ghasemi

doi:10.1016/j.health.2023.100228

A state-of-the-art review of operation research models and applications in home healthcare

Fariba Goodarzian, Hossein Shokri Garjan, Peiman Ghasemi

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Healthcare workers and nurses in Home HealthCare (HHC) are routed and scheduled to perform various services at patients’ homes. These services often involve a combination of scheduling, allocation, planning, and vehicle routing problems, and the optimization models for solving these problems become more complex. Therefore, this network has garnered attention from policymakers, researchers, and practitioners. State-of-the-art research is necessary to ensure the quality of service and reduce costs due to the high demand for HHC. This study presents a comprehensive and systematic review of operation research models and applications in HHC, focusing on problem formulation and solutions. These methods include meta-heuristic algorithms and exact methods. We study recent contributions and project future directions in HHC research and applications.

Original language	English
Article number	100228
Journal	Healthcare Analytics
Volume	4
Early online date	1 Aug 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.health.2023.100228
Publication status	Published - Dec 2023

Keywords

Exact methods
Home healthcare network
Mathematical modeling
Meta-heuristic algorithms
Operation research

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Analytical Chemistry
Health Informatics

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