Ranking Provinces of Iran in Terms of Existence of Healthcare Resources and Level of People's Access to Them by Using Multiple Attribute Decision Making
Subject Areas : medical documentsAbbas Jahangiri 1 , Mohammad Jahangiri 2 , Ali Mosali 3
1 - Young Researchers and Elite Club, Khomein Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khomein, Iran
2 - Master of Occupational Health Engineering, Social Security Organization, Markazi Province Therapeutic Management, Arak Specialized Clinic (3), Arak, Iran
3 - کارشناس متخصص بهداشت حرفهای، سازمان تامین اجتماعی، ستاد مرکزی، اداره کل درمان مستقیم، تهران، ایران
Keywords: Multiple Attribute Decision Making (MADM), development, Healthcare Resources, Access,
Abstract :
Introduction: The development of healthcare sector in a society is measured by existence of healthcare resources and level of people's access to them. The purpose of this paper was ranking provinces of Iran in terms of existence of healthcare resources and level of people's access to them by using Multiple Attribute Decision Making (MADM). Methods: In this sectional case study that data requirement has earned by referring to statistical yearbook system, development scores of 30 Provinces of Iran by using one of newest MADM methods named Weighted Aggregated Sum Product Assessment (WASPAS) with considering 24 important healthcare indicators were evaluated via Excel 2010 software. Results: In terms of existence of healthcare resources, the province of Tehran with a great difference compared to other provinces of the country with a score of 0.9131 and the province of Semnan with a score of 0.0603 have earned the first and last rank respectively while in terms of level of people's access to them with attention to the population of each province, Ilam with a score of 0.1146 and Khuzestan with a score of 0.0409 have earned the first and last rank respectively. Conclusion: Provinces of Iran in terms of existence of healthcare resources and level of people's access to them are different from each other and healthcare sector resources are not distributed equally.
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3- Ghazanfarpour H. Stratification & development ratio of medical Service in Kerman Province cities by concentration index. Spatial Planning, 2014; 3(4): 1-18. [in persian]
4- Jafari M, Seyfi H, Jafari A. Measuring the Health & Treatment Sector Development Level in Zanjan Province Townships by Numerical Taxonomy Method in 2011 .Journal of Healthcare Management, 2013; 4(1,2): 61-9. [in persian]
5- Bahrami R. Analysis of the health sector development in the cities of Kurdistan using linear topsis. Scientific- Research Quarterly of Geographical Data (SEPEHR), 2016; 24(96): 39-49. [in persian]
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