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Türkiye Lojistik Dergisi, vol.1, no.4, pp.1-12, 2018 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
In the health sector with an efficient logistics management, targets such as reducing cost and waste, preventing medical errors, improving service quality and minimizing patient/customer service time can be achieved. The aim of this study is to examine the Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) applications in health sector in a comprehensive manner. In this respect literature review has been conducted by using many national and international databases and related keywords, covering the years 1997-2019. Home healthcare services are the most commonly used areas and meta-heuristic methods are the most used solution technique of VRP in the health sector are determined as results of the study. Keywords: Health Industry, Health Logistics, Vehicle Routing Problem, VRP.