Geospatial analysis and decision support for health services planning in Uganda
Geospatial analysis and decision support for health services planning in Uganda
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DOI：
10.4081/gh.2007.252
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发表时间：
2007-11-01
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Lwasa, Shuaib
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作者：
Lwasa, Shuaib
随着地理空间技术的利用不断激增，空间信息已成为决策不可或缺的一部分。在乌干达，在对卫生单位进行全面调查并开发国家卫生服务地理数据库后，在提供卫生服务规划中使用地理空间技术取得了进展。卫生基础设施服务的提供规划需要高质量的信息，以合理安排与人口相关的设施的位置和分配。卫生服务规划者总是面临这样的问题：在哪里提供与需求相关的服务以及这种分配将如何受到满足人口需求的资源的影响。由于资源稀缺，因此优先级是必不可少的，并且在规划过程中彻底的分析也变得很重要。本文使用人口网格化方法分析卫生设施的使用情况，并结合卫生基础设施的位置，为卫生服务规划提供决策支持。
As the Utilization of geospatial techniques continues to surge, spatial information has become an integral part of decision-making. In Uganda, the Use of geospatial techniques in provision of health services planning has gained after a comprehensive survey of health units and the development of a national health services geodatabase. Planning for the provision of health infrastructure services requires quality information to rationalize the location, and allocation, of set-vices in relation to the population. Health service planners are always faced with a question of where to care services in relation to need and how such distribution would be affected by resources to meet the requirements of the population. Because resources are scarce, prioritization is indispensable and thorough analysis becomes important in the planning process. This paper analyzes access to health facilities using the population gridding approach, coupled with location of health infrastructre facilities for decision support in health services planning.