A literature review on Home Healthcare Routing and Scheduling Problem

Authors : Mehmet ERDEM, Serol BULKAN

Pages : 19-32

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Publication Date : 2017-09-08

Article Type : Review Paper

Abstract :The Home Healthcare Routing and Scheduling Problem insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HHCRSP); involves some of the features of vehicle routing and nurse rostering problem. Home healthcare is a part of health services, which can be defined as providing the necessary services to the patients and their families within their familiar environments. Some of the issues such as aging population, increasing diseases, shortage of workforce, economic reasons, innovation in medical technologies, preferences etc. increase the importance and the need of Home healthcare. Furthermore, solution procedures for these routing and scheduling problems are varied according to the assumptions. In this review, the most common characteristics of the problem and an overview of recent works related to the HHCRSP are discussed.
Keywords : Literature review, Home healthcare