Open AccessThe Factors Affecting the Location of Medical Centers in Tehran City Case Study: District 1 of Tehran Municipality
Author(s) -
Morteza Najafi,
Danial Edalat khah,
Mohammad Reza Asadi Yeganeh
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
innovaciencia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2346-075X
DOI - 10.15649/2346075x.767
Subject(s) - geography , distribution (mathematics) , ranking (information retrieval) , medical care , population , socioeconomics , medical services , business , regional science , economic growth , health care , environmental health , medicine , computer science , economics , family medicine , mathematical analysis , mathematics , machine learning
The historical growth of cities due to the rapid increase of population led to the increased land price in cities and caused problems to theappropriate distribution system as well as the allocation of suitable spaces to some fundamental services like medical centers. Supplyinghealth for all people in every society is one of the basic human rights which should be regarded by governments. The imbalancein fundamental services such as medical care and its imbalanced distribution system cause major challenges expressing themselvesin different economic and skeletal dimensions. In this study which aimed at determining the factors affecting the location of medicalcenters, first the main variables and indicators affecting the location of such centers were extracted and then ranked using the hierarchicalquestionnaire by some relevant experts. After ranking the obtained indicators using the hierarchical method to examine the medicalcenters at district 1 of Tehran and investigating the balance and proportion of medical centers, the location of medical centersin district 1 were examined using the geographical information system by hierarchical model. The obtained results indicated thatthe northeast and east areas of district 1 in Tehran had faced major challenges in terms of the access to medical centers and a specifiedarea in the geographical information system indicated this challenge in the north and northeast areas. The selected point by geographicalinformation system were the areas in this district.