The practical relevance and challenging nature of the Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) have motivated the Operations Research community to consider different practical requirements …
Home care services are an alternative answer to hospitalization, and play an important role in reducing the healthcare costs for governments and healthcare practitioners. To find a …
Currently, the healthcare of elderly people arouses widespread concerns since the sharp increase of aging population puts severe stress on public medical resources. Home health …
AM Fathollahi-Fard, A Ahmadi, B Karimi - Symmetry, 2022 - mdpi.com
Today, research on healthcare logistics is an important challenge in developing and developed countries, especially when a pandemic such as COVID-19 occurs. The …
F Alkaabneh, A Diabat - Transportation Research Part C: Emerging …, 2023 - Elsevier
The application of optimization techniques to home care service planning has received increasing attention, as more patients are in need of dedicated care. Currently, the problem …
X Ma, Y Fu, K Gao, L Zhu… - … System Modeling and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
At present, home health care (HHC) has been accepted as an effective method for handling the healthcare problems of the elderly. The HHC scheduling and routing problem …
To cater to the increasing demands, particularly during diseases such as Covid-19, the design and planning of home health care systems is of significant importance. The current …
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 …
Home health care (HHC) logistics have become a hot research topic in recent years due to the importance of HHC services for the care of ageing population. The logistics of HHC …