Operations research in healthcare systems: Literature review of years 2007-2017

The use of operations research techniques for problems in healthcare systems is observed to get remarkable attention in recent years. in this study, problems encountered in healthcare systems are taken into consideration and are classified under the headings of planning, management and application. in order to guide the researchers who will work on these issues, studies published between the years 2007-2017 are evaluated according to their headings, solution methods and applications on real life problems, and the applicability of operation research over these problems is presented.