Using fairness models to improve equity in health delivery fleet management

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 965-977

  McCoy, Jessica H ^a   Lee, Hau L ^b  

^a Nike   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

capacity planning; health care; humanitarian operations; public policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902536303     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: 19375956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/poms.12101     Document Type: Article

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