Blood products are critical to health systems and donations by voluntary nonremunerated
donors are recommended. Worldwide, however, only around 5% of those eligible to donate …

Social media have shown great potential for producing significant changes in behavior and
have become the cornerstone for many public health and agency efforts. The nonprofit …

To improve the coordination of blood supply and demand, the efficient design of the blood
supply chain network (BSCN) is a proper strategy. In this regard, this paper is the first-ever …

Due to circumstances such as increased demand and an aging donor pool, the likelihood of
critical platelet shortages is increasing. The platelet supply could be improved through the …

There is a longstanding concern that material rewards might undermine pro-social
motivations, thereby leading to a decrease in blood donations. This paper provides an …

Life-saving transfusions and numerous other medical treatments are enabled by a minority
of people that donate blood. But why do some people repeatedly engage in such prosocial …

We estimate and compare the effect of increased time costs on consumer satisfaction and
behavior. We are able to move beyond the existing literature, which focuses on satisfaction …

We consider periodic review perishable inventory systems with a fixed product lifetime.
Unsatisfied demand can be either lost or backlogged. The objective is to minimize the long …

BACKGROUND Willingness to donate blood depends on personal characteristics, beliefs,
and motivations, but also on the cultural context. The aim of this study was to examine …

Abstract Patient Blood Management evolved in recent years, focusing on the haematopoietic
system as relevant to all disciplines of medicine. The allogeneic blood supply chain travels …