Decision Support System for the Location of Healthcare Facilities
SitHealth Evaluation Tool
Authors: Dell'Ovo, Marta, Oppio, Alessandra, Capolongo, Stefano
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The book examines an integrated approach for addressing decisions about the location of healthcare facilities. Supported by Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA), the approach provides comprehensive information on territory, taking into account the spatial dimensions. Due to the multiple criteria involved, site selection for urban facilities is a crucial topic in planning decision processes, especially for healthcare facilities. Healthcare provision policies generally fail to address the distribution of facilities within cities, entrusting decisions to various stakeholders. Moreover current evaluation tools focus on the intrinsic performances of healthcare structures, disregarding the extrinsic characteristics, namely those related to the location. Starting with a cross-disciplinary literature review, the book describes a multi-methodological approach for decision-making regarding the location of healthcare facilities, and presents an innovative evaluation tool that simultaneously considers functional, locational, environmental and economic issues, providing a comprehensive overview of the areas under investigation.
- Table of contents (5 chapters)
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The Location Problem. Addressing Decisions About Healthcare Facilities
Pages 1-28
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Structuring the Decision Problem. A Spatial Multi-methodological Approach
Pages 29-51
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Approaching the Location of Healthcare Facilities: How to Model the Decision Problem
Pages 53-79
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Modelling the Spatial Decision Problem. Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice: SitHealth Evaluation Tool
Pages 81-112
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Policy Implications. How to Support Decision-Makers in Setting and Solving Complex Problems
Pages 113-121
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Decision Support System for the Location of Healthcare Facilities
- Book Subtitle
- SitHealth Evaluation Tool
- Authors
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- Marta Dell'Ovo
- Alessandra Oppio
- Stefano Capolongo
- Series Title
- PoliMI SpringerBriefs
- Copyright
- 2020
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-50173-0
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-50173-0
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-50172-3
- Series ISSN
- 2282-2577
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XII, 121
- Number of Illustrations
- 7 b/w illustrations, 37 illustrations in colour
- Topics
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