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1311. Modelling of emergency medical services in Indonesia
Invited abstract in session WA-18: OR for Medical Services in Developing Countries, stream OR for Development and Developing Countries.
Wednesday, 8:30-10:00Room: 42 (building: 116)
Authors (first author is the speaker)
| 1. | Paul Harper
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| School of Mathematics, Cardiff University | |
| 2. | Sarie Brice
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| School of Mathematics, Cardiff University | |
| 3. | Mark Tuson
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| School of Mathematics, Cardiff University | |
| 4. | Geraint Palmer
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| School of Mathematics, Cardiff University | |
| 5. | Daniel Gartner
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| School of Mathematics, Cardiff University |
Abstract
Our research programme is working with Indonesian emergency ambulance services and the Indonesian Government to help them make critical decisions on the optimal types, capacities and geographical locations of response vehicles. Such factors directly impact on the probability of patient survival, ability to respond to major disasters, and the overall quality of care provided. There are however many challenges faced in the country, including vast geographical areas, traffic congestion, inadequate numbers of ambulances and a lack of a co-ordinated service.
This talk will describe findings and impact of the research project to date, including an analysis of ED survey data that we undertook across Jakarta hospitals, and an approach to consider EMS allocations for both heterogeneous populations (multiple medical needs) using a heterogeneous fleet (consideration of multiple vehicle types each with differing travel speeds). This has been achieved via the creation of an optimisation and simulation decision-support framework.
Keywords
- OR in Development
- Health Care
- Disaster and Crisis Management
Status: accepted
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