Table 2 Catalog of papers

Care pathway and appointment

[19,20,21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 43, 47, 50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87, 88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100,101,102,103,104,105,106,107,108,109,110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117,118,119,120,121,122,123,124,125,126,127]

DES (63); ABS (3); SD (3); mixed (4), Misc. (16)

Single department (65), Cross-departments (17), cross-institutional (7)

Arena (30); Simul8(5); FlexSim (5); AnyLogic (3); NetLogo (2); Witness (2); ProModel (1); C++(1); ProcessModel (1); Microsoft Excel (1); iThink (1); AutoMod (1); SLX (2); EDSim (1); Matlab (1); DGHPSim (1); ARIS (1); MedModel (3); OMNeT++ (1); Misc. (27)

These studies focus on modeling patient pathways from admission to discharge as acting the basis of direct intervention on patient flows.

Staffing decision making

[24, 35, 37, 42, 46, 49, 55, 128,129,130,131,132,133,134,135,136,137,138,139,140,141,142,143,144,145,146,147,148,149,150,151,152,153,154,155,156,157,158,159,160,161,162,163,164,165,166,167,168,169,170,171,172,173,174,175,176,177,178,179,180,181,182,183,184,185,186,187,188,189,190,191,192,193,194,195,196,197,198,199,200,201,202, 248]

DES (50); SD (3); ABS (3); gaming (1); mixed (26), Misc.(5)

Single department (56), cross-departments (22), cross-institutional (10)

Arena (22); FlexSim (7); AnyLogic (5); Simul8(3); MedModel (3); FDI (3); Matlab (2); ProModel (2); Tecnomatix Plant Simulation (2); ARCINFO (1); AutoMod (1); C++ (1); Petri Nets (1); Extend (1); Microsoft Excel (1); Netlogo (1); OMNeT++(1); Venism (1); SLX (1); SIMPROCESS (1); STELLA (1); ABFS (1); Java IDE (1); Misc. (27);

These studies use simulation for decision support of care capacities.

Work procedures

[203,204,205,206,207,208,209,210,211,212,213,214]

DES (8); Misc. (4)

Single department (7), cross-departments (5)

Arena (3); Simul8(2); ProModel (1); MedModel (1); OMNeT++ (1); ExtendSim (1); Misc. (3)

Simulation is used to identify impact factors in service procedures.

Specialized Transport

[215,216,217,218,219,220,221,222]

DES (2); ABS (1); Misc. (5)

Cross-institutional (8)

Arena (2); ArcGIS (1); Google Cloud (1); Microsoft Excel (1); Misc. (3)

These studies address handling of patients in the regional healthcare network.

Facility design

[223,224,225,226,227,228,229,230]

DES (4); ABS (2); mixed (1); Misc. (1)

Single department (2), cross-departments (1)

Unity (1); ProModel (1); NetLogo (1); Extend (1); Misc. (4)

These studies use simulations to analyze hospital infrastructure and its impact on the operation.

Healthcare systems

[231,232,233,234,235]

DES (1); ABS (2); Misc. (2)

Cross-institutional (5)

Arena (2); Python (1); AnyLogic (1); NetLogo (1)

These studies use simulations to support the modeling and analysis of improvements in the system perspective.

Supply chain

[236,237,238,239,240,241,242,243]

DES (5), gaming (1); Misc. (2)

Cross-departments (5), cross-institutional (3)

ExtendSim (1); GAMS (1); Matlab (1); Bonita Open Solution (1), Board game (1); Misc. (3)

The simulation model is generally used for recreating different actors in the supply chain network.

Inventory management

[244,245,246,247,248,249,250,251,252,253,254,255,256,257,258]

DES (8); mixed (2); Misc. (5)

Single department (3), cross-departments (1), cross-institutional (11)

Simul8 (2); Arena (2); C++(1); CSIM18 (1); Java (1); JSL (1); SCA (1); Misc. (6)

These studies explore different inventory or replacement polities for material handling.

Network distribution and dispatching

[32, 259,260,261,262,263,264]

DES (4); gaming (2); ABS (1); Misc. (3)

Cross-departments (2), cross-institutional (8)

Microsoft Excel (2); Arena (1); MedModel (1); ProModel (1); JADE (1); VBA (1); Misc. (3)

These studies use simulations for operational transport.

Network configuration

[265,266,267]

DES (1); Misc. (2)

Cross-institutional (3)

Arena (1); Misc. (2)

These studies focus on the design of the network.

Procurement logistics

[27, 268, 269]

SD (1); Misc. (2)

Cross-department (1), cross-institutional (2)

Qnet2000 (1); iThink (1); Misc. (1)

Simulation is used for understanding the interactive rule between service vendor and recipient.

Misc.

[31, 36, 38, 270,183,184,185,186,187,188,189,190,271,272,273,274,275,276,277,278,279,280,281]

DES (4); SD (3); ABS (1); gaming (1); mixed (3); Misc. (4)

Single department (5), cross-departments (4), cross-institutional (7)

Methodology

Reviews, surveys, and methodological reflections and comparisons of logistics simulations in other sectors.