Operations research in global health: a scoping review with a focus on the themes of health equity and impact

• Main Authors: Beverly D. Bradley (Author), Tiffany Jung (Author), Ananya Tandon-Verma (Author), Bassem Khoury (Author), Timothy C. Y. Chan (Author), Yu-Ling Cheng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Operations research (OR) is a discipline that uses advanced analytical methods (e.g. simulation, optimisation, decision analysis) to better understand complex systems and aid in decision-making. Summary Herein, we present a scoping review of the use of OR to analyse issues in glo...