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This study aims at locating and sizing medical centers and allocating equipment to meet the community secondary care needs, since the specialized care on public Brazilian national health system is critical and chronically underfunded. Therefore, we develop a two-step optimization system and Web-based interface to provide scientific-based results to health system managers.
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de Freitas Almeida, J.F., Pinto, L.R., Conceição, S.V., de Campos, F.C.C., de Miranda Júnior, G. (2020). A Two-Step Optimization Process for Medical Center Location and Capacity Allocation. In: Leiras, A., González-Calderón, C., de Brito Junior, I., Villa, S., Yoshizaki, H. (eds) Operations Management for Social Good. POMS 2018. Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23816-2_11
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