Consultant, Burton Leonard, Harrogate, England.
Bull World Health Organ. 2011 Sep 1;89(9):683-8. doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.086066. Epub 2011 Jul 5.
This paper considers how operational research and management science can improve the design of health systems and the delivery of health care, particularly in low-resource settings. It identifies some gaps in the way operational research is typically used in global health and proposes steps to bridge them. It then outlines some analytical tools of operational research and management science and illustrates how their use can inform some typical design and delivery challenges in global health. The paper concludes by considering factors that will increase and improve the contribution of operational research and management science to global health.
本文探讨了运筹学和管理科学如何改进卫生系统的设计和医疗服务的提供,特别是在资源匮乏的环境下。文中指出了在全球卫生领域中运筹学的应用方式存在的一些差距,并提出了弥合这些差距的步骤。接着,文章概述了运筹学和管理科学的一些分析工具,并举例说明了如何利用这些工具解决全球卫生领域的一些典型设计和提供方面的挑战。本文最后考虑了一些因素,这些因素将增加和提高运筹学和管理科学对全球卫生的贡献。