A survey of healthcare facility location

A Ahmadi-Javid, P Seyedi, SS Syam - Computers & Operations Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Healthcare facility (HCF) location has attracted considerable attention from the operations
research community over nearly four decades as one of the most important strategic issues …

Emergency medical services and beyond: Addressing new challenges through a wide literature review

R Aringhieri, ME Bruni, S Khodaparasti… - Computers & Operations …, 2017 - Elsevier
One of the most important health care services is emergency medical service as it plays a
vital role in saving people's lives and reducing the rate of mortality and morbidity. Over the …

A system dynamics simulation applied to healthcare: A systematic review

MR Davahli, W Karwowski, R Taiar - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
In recent years, there has been significant interest in developing system dynamics
simulation models to analyze complex healthcare problems. However, there is a lack of …

Recent optimization models and trends in location, relocation, and dispatching of emergency medical vehicles

V Bélanger, A Ruiz, P Soriano - European Journal of Operational Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Over the past 10 years, a considerable amount of research has been devoted to the
development of models to support decision making in the particular yet important context of …

[HTML][HTML] Emergency response facility location in transportation networks: A literature review

Y Liu, Y Yuan, J Shen, W Gao - Journal of traffic and transportation …, 2021 - Elsevier
Emergency response activity relies on transportation networks. Emergency facility location
interacts with transportation networks clearly. This review is aimed to provide a combined …

Logistics for emergency medical service systems

M Reuter-Oppermann, PL van den Berg, JL Vile - Health Systems, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Emergency Medical Service (EMS) systems worldwide are complex systems,
characterized by significant variation in service providers, care pathways, patient case-mix …

[HTML][HTML] Real-time resource allocation in the emergency department: A case study

D Duma, R Aringhieri - Omega, 2023 - Elsevier
Overcrowding is a phenomenon that affects Emergency Departments (EDs) worldwide
determining a harmful impact on the healthcare provided. Because of the wide variety of …

An introductory guide for hybrid simulation modelers on the primary simulation methods in industrial engineering identified through a systematic review of the literature

APG Scheidegger, TF Pereira, MLM de Oliveira… - Computers & Industrial …, 2018 - Elsevier
Modeling and simulation are a powerful and effective problem-solving methodology to study
how complex real-world systems behave over time. In the literature, many authors have …

Simulation optimization for stochastic casualty collection point location and resource allocation problem in a mass casualty incident

KH Chang, TL Chen, FH Yang, TY Chang - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
After a severe disaster strikes, a large number of casualties in need of urgent treatment,
known as a mass casualty incident (MCI) event, arise from multiple disaster areas in a very …

Simulation modelling in healthcare: an umbrella review of systematic literature reviews

S Salleh, P Thokala, A Brennan, R Hughes… - …, 2017 - Springer
Background Numerous studies examine simulation modelling in healthcare. These studies
present a bewildering array of simulation techniques and applications, making it challenging …