Performance evaluation of emergency logistics capability for public health emergencies:perspective of COVID-19

ABSTRACT

Emergency logistics is not only a part of emergency management system, but also an important link of disaster relief and disaster reduction. The performance evaluation of emergency logistics capability is the foundation of improving emergency logistics capability. This paper took emergency logistics capability based on COVID-19 region as the research object. Firstly, we analyse the characteristics and influencing factors of public health emergency logistics. Secondly, we construct the evaluation system of public health emergency logistics capability. Thirdly, we establish the evaluation model of emergency logistics capability based on BP neural network. Finally, the evaluation model was applied to COVID-19 events, and the scientific nature and feasibility of the evaluation model were verified.

KEYWORDS:

• COVID-19
• emergency logistics
• index system
• performance evaluation
• BP neural networks

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Funding

This research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant number 72042008]; and Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation [under Grant 2008085J01], and the Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province, Youth Fund Project of Regional Joint Fund [grant number 2020A1515110133].