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Operation Research and Health Sector
-Anant Dev AsheeshIIHMR- New Delhi
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FOCUS
• What is Operation Research?• How it is important in Health sector?
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• Any type of research that produces practically usable information which can improve the effectiveness & efficiency of program implementation will be called Operation Research.
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• Operation Research is also known as Operational Research(OR) or Management Science.
• It has existed as a scientific discipline since 1930s
• It helps in decision making
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It is not much popular in Health sector because-• Less number of people have
engineering/mathematical background in health sector
• Major OR papers are focused on specialised and technical topics and not specifically on healthcare associated topics
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• Lack of Data• Lack of Expertise• High fees of OR consultants
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OR process
Identification of the problem
Possible solutions of the problems are listed
Best alternative solution becomes the piece of research
Note- Sometimes just the identification of the problem becomes the topic of research.
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Health Program Cycle
INPUT
PROCESS
OUTPUT
OUTCOME
IMPACT
Operation Research can be used at any step of the Cycle.
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Two main approaches to carry OR studies-1. Secondary Data2. Primary Data
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The 4 types of OR studies
1. Exploratory Study2. Intervention Study3. Evaluation study4. Cost Effectiveness Study
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OR can help in-
1. Bed Allocation by Specialities2. Outpatient Appointment Scheduling3. Queue Management and Design4. Planning of project infrastructure and
manpower demand
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ThankYou !!