Defining health catchment areas in Jeddah city, Saudi Arabia: an example demonstrating the utility of geographical information systems

Murad, Abdulkader A. (2008) Defining health catchment areas in Jeddah city, Saudi Arabia: an example demonstrating the utility of geographical information systems. Geospatial health , 2 (2). pp. 151-160. ISSN 1970-7096

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Abstract

A tool, based on a geographical information system (GIS) approach, has been developed for the location and organization of public health care centers in Jeddah city, Saudi Arabia. The potential of GIS for visualizing and modeling available information on health-care has been utilized to produce a “best-fit application”. This paper identifies and deals with the manner in which GIS can successfully be used for evaluating the demand and supply of health care facilities as well as be applied for defining health catchment areas. The study uses the essential achievements gained to analyze the advantages of GIS for health care planning and the location of health care centers. Some specific GIS tools, as well as single and multiple spatial search functions, are presented.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	geographical information systems, health centers, catchment areas, straight-line allocation function, Saudi Arabia.
Subjects:	600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 613 Salute personale e sicurezza (Promozione della salute) > 613.1 Fattori ambientali 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 614 Medicina legale; incidenza delle malattie; Medicina preventiva pubblica > 614.5 Incidenza di specifiche malattie e tipi di malattia e misure pubbliche per prevenirle 900 Storia, Geografia e discipline ausiliarie > 910 Geografia e viaggi > 910.285 Geographic information systems
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Date Deposited:	14 Jul 2010 09:35
Last Modified:	14 Jul 2010 09:35
URI:	http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/2902

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