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 …

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 …

The decision-making system in Prefabrication Housing Production (PHP) lacks efficiency
and collaboration because relevant information is stored and managed in heterogeneous …

We provide a comprehensive overview of the typical decisions to be made in resource
capacity planning and control in health care, and a structured review of relevant articles from …

Abstract Emergency Medical Service (EMS) systems worldwide are complex systems,
characterized by significant variation in service providers, care pathways, patient case-mix …

In the last decade, emergency department (ED) overcrowding has become a national crisis
for the US healthcare system. Increasing mortality rates, decreasing quality of care, financial …

The objective of prehospital emergency medical services (EMSs) is to have a short response
time. By increasing the operational efficiency, the survival rate of patients could potentially …

Abstract Dynamic Ambulance Management (DAM) is generally believed to provide means to
enhance the response-time performance of emergency medical service providers. The …

The response efficiency of Emergency Medical Service (EMS) is related to the survival rate
of patients in Mass Casualty Incidents (MCIs). This study aims to reduce delays caused by …

In this paper, an analytic review of the recent methodologies tackling the problem of dynamic
allocation of ambulances was carried out. Considering that state-of-the-art is moving to deal …