| Article ID: | iaor20083208 |
| Country: | Spain |
| Volume: | 29 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 387 |
| End Page Number: | 397 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2006 |
| Journal: | Anales del Sistema Sanitario de Navarra |
| Authors: | Camio C. Azcrate, Gfaro A., Eraso M.L. |
| Keywords: | philosophy |
The aim of this article is to present the uses of operational research in the health sciences, both in the field of the organisation and management of health resources and in the field of prevention, detection and treatment of diseases. We concentrate on application, without entering into the technical details of the mathematical models or the methods of resolution.