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A Spatial-Allocation Model for Regional Health-Services Planning

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  • William J. Abernathy

    (Stanford University, Stanford, California)

  • John C. Hershey

    (Stanford University, Stanford, California)

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In planning for health services, the need arises to determine the location, capacity, and number of health centers for a geographically defined region. The present paper formulates this problem in a form convenient for solution and presents results from the model to clarify some important aspects of this allocation decision. The planning region is assumed to consist of geographically defined subareas or census blocks, of known location. The population is stratified in such a way that each stratum exhibits relatively homogeneous patterns of health-care utilization. The model characterizes the effects of center locations upon aggregate utilization and utilization of individual centers, and gives optimal locations of centers with respect to several alternative criteria. An example illustrating computational feasibility and the implications of various criteria for the location decision is presented.

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  • William J. Abernathy & John C. Hershey, 1972. "A Spatial-Allocation Model for Regional Health-Services Planning," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 20(3), pages 629-642, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:oropre:v:20:y:1972:i:3:p:629-642
    DOI: 10.1287/opre.20.3.629
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    1. Włodzimierz Ogryczak, 2009. "Inequality measures and equitable locations," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 167(1), pages 61-86, March.
    2. Amini, M. Mehdi & Retzlaff-Roberts, Donna & Bienstock, Carol C., 2005. "Designing a reverse logistics operation for short cycle time repair services," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 96(3), pages 367-380, June.
    3. Luis Samaniego & Peter Treuner, 2006. "Optimisation of Infrastructure Location," Review of Regional Research: Jahrbuch für Regionalwissenschaft, Springer;Gesellschaft für Regionalforschung (GfR), vol. 26(2), pages 119-145, October.
    4. M J Hodgson, 1978. "Toward More Realistic Allocation in Location—Allocation Models: An Interaction Approach," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 10(11), pages 1273-1285, November.

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