Abstract
This paper gives an overview of five decades of operational research applied to healthcare, structured along nine key application domains: personnel scheduling, blood supply chain management, cancer diagnosis and treatment, emergency medical response and disaster relief, infectious diseases, long-term conditions, diagnostic imaging, public health, and operating room scheduling. Each section summarises the main contributions, developments, recent trends and future research. The review focuses on the European context, which is dominated by public healthcare systems with its specific strengths and challenges.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 189-206 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | European journal of operational research |
| Volume | 326 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 22 Dec 2024 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 16 Oct 2025 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Keywords
- 2025 OA procedure
- Humanitarian logistics
- OR in health services
- Public health
- Scheduling
- Human resource planning
- healthcare engineering
- Healthcare efficiency
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