مينو كامران تبار

The increasing demand for blood and red blood cells, the decrease in blood donations, and the complexities in the supply of blood products have posed significant challenges for blood transfusion organization managers in recent years. In this regard, appropriate pricing of red blood cells has been suggested as a solution to control hospital consumption. Additionally, governments play a crucial role in increasing donations and funding hospitals and blood banks. Therefore, this thesis proposes two management models to examine pricing in the red blood cell supply chain and the role of the government in this chain: In the first model, a red blood cell supply chain consisting of a hospital, a blood bank, and the government focuses on pricing. Since government decision-making takes precedence over others, this model is presented as a Stackelberg game led by the government. The Stackelberg game eva‎luates the objective function of each participant, including both social and economic components, in centralized and decentralized scenarios. Furthermore, using a revenue-sharing contract as a coordination mechanism, it aims to increase the profits of each member compared to the decentralized state. Finally, a numerical example based on a real case is provided to assess the effectiveness of the proposed model. In the second model, a method for pricing based on blood group is suggested, which is influenced by the preva‎lence and transfusion compatibility of each blood group. In this model, a value is calculated for each blood group, and then the price for each of them is determined. In the end, the results of this type of pricing in the red blood cell supply chain are eva‎luated and analyzed with a numerical example. Research results demonstrate that appropriate management and pricing solutions can help prevent issues such as excessive ordering in hospitals and increased costs in blood banks. These solutions are presented for healthcare system managers, governments, and other relevant stakeholders to improve the management of the supply chain and pricing of red blood cells. Additionally, this research contributes to the development of effective and economical strategies in the field of blood and red blood cell management.

زنجيره تأمين گلبول قرمز , قيمت‌گذاري , كالاي فسادپذير , دخالت دولت , هماهنگي

The red blood cell supply chain , pricing , perishable goods , government intervention , coordination

Minoo Kamrantabar

Saeed Yaghoubi