SAĞLIK ALANINDA ARAÇ ROTALAMA PROBLEMLERİNE İLİŞKİN LİTERATÜR ARAŞTIRMASI


Çaybaşı G., Peker İ.

Türkiye Lojistik Dergisi, vol.1, no.4, pp.1-12, 2018 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 1 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Journal Name: Türkiye Lojistik Dergisi
  • Page Numbers: pp.1-12
  • Erzincan Binali Yildirim University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

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.