Timeliness and fairness: The practical model of healthcare emergency logistics during the pandemic - A case of Taiwan

IF 4.4 2区工程技术 Q2 BUSINESS

Research in Transportation Business and Management Pub Date : 2025-10-07 DOI:10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101522

Yi-Fei Chuang, Chin-Wei Huang, Chia-Hung Hsieh

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Abstract

This research explores the supply and delivery of medical masks in Taiwan during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to develop a practical model for the emergency logistics of epidemic prevention supplies. This model ensures both timeliness and fairness, meaning during the outbreak of the epidemic that all individuals received masks in a timely manner. Data for this study come from semi-structured interviews, supplemented by government publications and news reports. Based on the framework proposed herein, a practical model is developed through content analysis including coding and categorizing. The research results indicate that the key elements of the practical model include a legally-empowered Central Epidemic Command Center, logistical support from the state-owned postal company, sales through dense retail networks, the set-up of a real-name mask system, and multi-stakeholder collaboration across the public and private sectors. This paper offers a detailed account of the emergency supply and distribution processes for medical supplies during the epidemic. The findings give valuable insights for governments and help bridge the gap in the emergency logistics literature.

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时效性与公平性：大流行期间医疗应急物流的实践模式——以台湾为例

本研究旨在探讨新冠肺炎疫情期间台湾地区医用口罩的供应和配送情况，为防疫物资的应急物流提供实用模式。这种模式既保证了时效性，又保证了公平性，即在疫情发生期间，所有个人都能及时获得口罩。这项研究的数据来自半结构化访谈，辅以政府出版物和新闻报道。在此框架的基础上，通过内容分析，包括编码和分类，建立了一个实用的模型。研究结果表明，实践模式的关键要素包括法律授权的中央疫情指挥中心，国有邮政公司的后勤支持，通过密集的零售网络进行销售，建立实名面具制度，以及公共和私营部门的多方利益相关者合作。本文详细介绍了疫情期间医疗物资的应急供应和分配过程。研究结果为各国政府提供了宝贵的见解，并有助于弥补应急物流文献中的空白。

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Research in Transportation Business and Management Multiple-

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7.10

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8.30%

发文量

175

期刊介绍： Research in Transportation Business & Management (RTBM) will publish research on international aspects of transport management such as business strategy, communication, sustainability, finance, human resource management, law, logistics, marketing, franchising, privatisation and commercialisation. Research in Transportation Business & Management welcomes proposals for themed volumes from scholars in management, in relation to all modes of transport. Issues should be cross-disciplinary for one mode or single-disciplinary for all modes. We are keen to receive proposals that combine and integrate theories and concepts that are taken from or can be traced to origins in different disciplines or lessons learned from different modes and approaches to the topic. By facilitating the development of interdisciplinary or intermodal concepts, theories and ideas, and by synthesizing these for the journal''s audience, we seek to contribute to both scholarly advancement of knowledge and the state of managerial practice. Potential volume themes include: -Sustainability and Transportation Management- Transport Management and the Reduction of Transport''s Carbon Footprint- Marketing Transport/Branding Transportation- Benchmarking, Performance Measurement and Best Practices in Transport Operations- Franchising, Concessions and Alternate Governance Mechanisms for Transport Organisations- Logistics and the Integration of Transportation into Freight Supply Chains- Risk Management (or Asset Management or Transportation Finance or ...): Lessons from Multiple Modes- Engaging the Stakeholder in Transportation Governance- Reliability in the Freight Sector