Optimizing Territorial Healthcare Networks with a Capacity-Constrained Hub-And-Spoke Allocation Algorithm: The Province of L’Aquila Case Study
: The proposed framework provides a reproducible approach for territorial healthcare planning and makes explicit the trade-off between accessibility and capacity compliance in hub-and-spoke network design, particularly in geographically complex mountain settings.
Authors
- Francesca Pacitti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1634-5332)
- Livia Tognaccini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3110-1336)
- Alessandro Sili (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4170-3469)
- Tommaso Staniscia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5077-515X)
- Giuseppe Di Martino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7047-7611)
- Edoardo Trebbi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6553-5917)
- Camillo Odio
- Ferdinando Romano
- Antony Bologna
- Cristinel Stan
- Tommaso Barlattani
Institutions
- University of Rome Tor Vergata (IT)
- University of L'Aquila (IT)
- University of Chieti-Pescara (IT)
- Agenzia Sanitaria Regionale Abruzzo (IT)
- Sapienza University of Rome (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Healthcare
- Published
- 2026-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare14070915
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00