title: [Operational research in the Health Sciences: Are these techniques appreciated in the current literature?].
abstract: The aim of this article is to present the uses of operational research in the health sciences, both in the field of the organisation and management of health resources and in the field of prevention, detection and treatment of diseases. we concentrate on application, without entering into the technical details of the mathematical models or the methods of resolution.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Estadística Operativa, Universidad Pública de Navarra, 31006, Pamplona, Spain. cazcarate@unavarra.es
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Azcárate
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Eraso
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gáfaro
mesh_terms: D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans