Healthcare and urban logistics

Liz Breen and Sarah Schiffling

A chapter in Elgar Encyclopedia of Transport and Society, 2025, pp 184-185 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The provision of efficient healthcare logistics in urban settings is important to provide accessible healthcare in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Well-designed healthcare logistics facilitate access to routine care and emergency responses whilst aiming to reduce the prevalence of urban congestion and pollution. Innovative solutions, including digitalisation and last-mile logistics, can improve efficiency and sustainability and offer patients convenient and safer care. Urban healthcare logistics are also important in both public health agendas and disaster responses. Future advances have to focus on the need for equitable access and environmental responsibility in densely populated areas.

Keywords: Urban logistics; Healthcare; Emergency response; Health service operations; Sustainability; Humanitarian logistics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035330515
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