Using AHP Approach to Rank the Effective Factors in the Emergency Center Locations

Subject Areas : Industrial Management

Saba Loloee Jahromi ¹ , Ahmad Sadeghieh ² , Hasan Hosseininasab ³

1 - Msc of Industrial Engineering, Yazd Science & Art University
2 - Professor of Industrial Engineering Callege, Yazd University
3 - Professor of Industrial Engineering Callege, Yazd University

Received: 2018-01-07 Accepted : 2018-01-07 Published : 2014-11-22

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Abstract :

The emergency is one of the most important services in every city. An event is sudden and unexpected so immediate attention is necessary for us to decide correctly. This subject becomes serious by population increase and urban development. These factors and their ranking help the urban emergency services and reduce the mortality of the humans. So this causes the people to be satisfied with of the emergency services. The purpose of this paper is to obtain the effective factors on the location of emergency centers in Shiraz city and prioritize these factors using analytical by Hierarchy method (AHP) so that we can propose the solutions for improving the locations of emergency centers. Using theoretical studies of past research and interviews specify the effective factors. They are time, distance, cost, facilities, and technological issues, quality of service, traffic, and population density. Then we prioritize these factors by studying between two staff and patient population. Our result of this method shows the time as the most important factor and the most effective factors for the emergency center. At the end, the other factors were rated. 

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