Using a route planner to optimize door-to-door visits for a pediatric home-hospitalization program: Feasibility study

• Main Authors: Astrid Batlle (Author), Imma Boada (Author), Santiago Thió-Henestrosa (Author), Mariona Fernández de Sevilla (Author), Juan José García-García (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundHospital Sant Joan de Déu (Barcelona) initiated a pediatric acute home-hospitalization program. Due to high patient turnover and the health staff's lack of planning training, daily scheduling was a time-consuming task. Home-hospitalization planning is a vehicle routing problem that c...