Strategic Planning for Spatial Distribution of health care services in Al-Amara City

Prof Dr. Mohamed Arab Almusawi/Misan University/Iraq

Prof Dr. Hanan Subhi Abdullah Obaid / London UK

Prof Dr. Nasser Al-fadli / London UK

Abstract:

     This manuscript to map the strategic planning for spatial distributions of health clinics to the public and the private sector in the Al-Amara City will assist stakeholders and responsible authorities in planning the delivery of health services. Empowering health clinic data from stakeholders Location of health facilities and geographic advantage using handheld GPS. The nearest average neighbor was used to determine whether clinics were spatially assembled or dispersed.                                                                                                                                                         

    By using the neighborhood link analysis, it was found that the calculated proximity neighbor R calculated 1.71, while the value of Z is 5.29, which is higher than the criterion Z, which indicates the pattern of distribution of rock centers spaced and irregular, which means that the correct distribution and absence of the optimal distribution of rock centers when signed spatially and did not take into account the actual distribution For the population.

Keywords: Clinic; GIS; Spatial; Health care center.

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