A care pathway in healthcare practice is to enhance the quality of care by improving patient outcomes, enhancing patient safety, increasing patient satisfaction and optimizing the use of resources. In this paper, linear programming technique is applied to healthcare pathways in order to maximize healthcare delivery. It was observed that some constraints can hinder healthcare delivery; this research focuses on identifying those constraints and optimizing resources to aid effective decision-making in a health centre. The resulting linear programming model is solved manually and shown on tables. It was noticed that, minimum number of patients who need to visit Covenant University Health Center for treatment, number of patients that should be protected from kidnapping, number of staff needed for the center and minimum number of patients impressed with healthcare facilities are major factors for optimizing healthcare pathways in Covenant University Health Centre.

care pathway, linear programming, optimization, simplex method.