A Two-Step Optimization Process for Medical Center Location and Capacity Allocation

Citation:

João Flávio Freitas de Almeida, Luiz Ricardo Pinto, Samuel Vieira Conceição, Francisco Carlos Cardoso de Campos, and Gilberto Miranda de Júnior. 2018. “A Two-Step Optimization Process for Medical Center Location and Capacity Allocation.” In Operations Management for Social Good. POMS - International Conference on Production and Operations Management Society, edited by A. Leiras, C González-Calderón, I. Brito de Junior, S. Villa, and H. Yoshizaki, Pp. 107-117. Cham: Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics. Publisher's Version

Abstract:

This study aims at locating and sizing medical centers and allocating equipment to meet the community secondary care needs, since the specialized care on public Brazilian national health system is critical and chronically underfunded. Therefore, we develop a two-step optimization system and Web-based interface to provide scientific-based results to health system managers.