Home-based care and hospitalization: a strategy to expand health coverage

The provision of health services has been drastically affected by the COVID-19 crisis, not only because of the high demand for the care of infected patients and the strain they have placed on the health system, but also because of the need to continue with the normal functioning of care, prevention, follow-up and control plans. In addition, the population's fear of attending health institutions has led to the fact that only urgent procedures are performed.
This project proposes to analyze the models of home care and hospitalization as a strategy to guarantee the continuous functioning of health care plans, particularly in those events not related to COVID-19, and at the same time as a measure to expand the capacity of care without imposing excessive pressure on the physical facilities of health institutions.

Two publications in indexed journals (ISI/SCOPUS)—one regional and one international—in the project’s subject areas (health systems management, operations research, or operations management):
•Operations Research for Health Care – Journal – Elsevier
•Health Care Management Science – Journal – Springer US
•International Journal of Operations and Production Management – Journal – Emerald
•IEEE Latin American Transactions (IEEE LATAM)
•International Journal of Logistics Management – Journal - Emerald
Participation in at least two peer-reviewed scientific conferences to disseminate preliminary results, one focused on Supply Chain Management and the other on hospital logistics:
•MIT SCALE Latin America Conference – organized by the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL)
•ORAHS 2022 – organized by the EURO Working Group on Operational Research Applied to Health Services
•ICPR 2022 – International Conference on Production Research
•POMS 2022 – Conference of the Production and Operations Management Society