Optimizing Drug Distribution Logistics in the Community of Madrid

Health-related services, and specifically drugs, are one of the most important economic activities in modern societies. Drugs, as a final medical product, constitute the basis for improving the quality of health services. In this article, we propose as a general working hypothesis that better rationalization in the logistics distribution of drugs, through a combination of an optimal location of distribution centers, transport routes, and a rational selection of means of transport, could positively influence both the perceived quality of care and the quality of drugs by the user. In addition, we study how to reduce energy consumption, the carbon footprint (CO2 ), the risk of non-supply, refrigeration, and monitoring costs, and, ultimately, the final cost of centralized drug distribution. On this basis, we have built a model taking all the data from the geographic locations of more than 2,500 pharmacies in the Community of Madrid, and with the help of the R program, the data have been classified into ‘clusters’ using minimum distances and giving different center solutions depending on the number of clusters.

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Corresponding author: Javier Espina Hellín*

Full Length Article: Optimizing Drug Distribution Logistics in the Community of Madrid

Journal: Journal of Family Medicine

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