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Record Nr.

UNINA9910416136903321

Autore

Dell'Ovo Marta

Titolo

Decision Support System for the Location of Healthcare Facilities [[electronic resource] ] : SitHealth Evaluation Tool / / by Marta Dell'Ovo, Alessandra Oppio, Stefano Capolongo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-50173-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XII, 121 p. 44 illus., 37 illus. in color.)

Collana

PoliMI SpringerBriefs, , 2282-2577

Disciplina

658.403

Soggetti

Practice of medicine

Facility management

Operations research

Decision making

Regional economics

Spatial economics

Urban geography

Practice and Hospital Management

Facility Management

Operations Research/Decision Theory

Regional/Spatial Science

Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns)

Centres mèdics

Espai (Geografia)

Gestió hospitalària

Presa de decisions

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

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. .