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Multi-disciplinary planning in health care: a review
A G Leeftink1, I A Bikker1,2, I M H Vliegen3
1Center for Healthcare Operations Improvement and Research, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands.
Health Systems (Basingstoke, England)
|September 17, 2020
Summary
Multi-disciplinary health care planning is a growing field. This review organizes research by system, decision, and applicability characteristics, identifying gaps and future challenges for researchers.
Area of Science:
- Health Services Research
- Operations Research in Healthcare
- Healthcare Management
Background:
- Multi-disciplinary planning in healthcare is an emerging field with broad applicability.
- It addresses diverse health care areas sharing common planning challenges.
- Existing literature requires systematic organization to guide research efforts.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review and synthesize the existing literature on multi-disciplinary health care planning.
- To identify and describe cross-relations between different applications of this planning approach.
- To provide a structured overview of current research and highlight future research directions.
Main Methods:
- A comprehensive literature review was conducted.
- Papers were classified based on system characteristics, decision characteristics, and applicability.
- Relevant literature was analyzed within these identified fields.
Main Results:
- Multiple fields for classifying multi-disciplinary planning literature were identified.
- Cross-relations between various health care planning applications were described.
- A thorough overview of the present research landscape was provided.
Conclusions:
- The study offers a structured framework for understanding multi-disciplinary health care planning research.
- It guides researchers to relevant literature based on their specific problem characteristics.
- Key research gaps and open challenges for future investigation were identified.
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