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Logistics in healthcare: a selected review of literature from 2010 to 2022

In recent years, healthcare systems have faced problems procuring medicines, and medical materials, cooperation with suppliers, rising costs, and disposal of medical waste. One of the health system’s goals is optimization without reducing the quality of service for the patient. Supply chain and logistics, a scientific and economic activity that optimizes supply, storage, inventory management, transportation, demand forecasting, and distribution, have played a significant role in optimizing the health system in the last few years. Motivated by the recent pandemic of COVID 19 and resulting supply, storage, and inventory problems, a review of selected scientific literature available on scientific databases ScienceDirect of Elsevier and Web of Science of Clarivate Analytics was conducted. Scientific literature dealing with medical waste and connected logistic activities were included in the review. A growing trend of research in this field has been perceived in the last three years, thus proving that the real healthcare sector is becoming aware of logistics problems and their importance.

Public services ; Healthcare system ; Supply chain ; Logistic ; Waste management ; Literature review

Transportation Research Procedia Volume 64, Issue C