Analyzing Spatial Distribution of Pharmacies in District 20th
Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies
1 - Assistant professor in Kharazmi Universuty
Keywords: "Spatial distribution", "Buffer Technique", "Accessibility", "Pharmacy", "District 20th",
Abstract :
The aim of this study is to investigate the spatial distribution of pharmacies in district 20th of Tehran municipality. The research method was descriptive-analytic and we use spatial statistics and buffering techniques in GIS. The data used included the location of the pharmacies, the land use information and population blocks . Findings show that in the study area, there is one active pharmacy for every 6030 people, which is around world standards but lower than those defined in Iran. Nearest neighbor analysis conclusions show that the closest neighborhoods ratio was 0.77. Multi-distance cluster analysis shows that observed results curve was higher than the expected results curve. The Z score of the Moran index was nearly 1 (0.99). The oval concentrations of the population and the oval focus of the pharmacies are not overlapped. These all show that the distribution of pharmacies is clustered. If we assumed a service area of 330 meters radius for each pharmacy, it concluded that 51 percent of the region area and 60.7 percent of its residents are under the jurisdiction of at least one pharmacy and the rest are not been covered. Therefore, apart from eliminating deficiencies, planning for the appropriate distribution of health and health centers in the region is also necessary.
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