Hospital Location in the Southern Fars Province by Using Multi Criteria Decision Making Techniques

Abstract

The growing urban population and the priorities of the government in a better and faster service to the community, the importance of identifying the most appropriate location for the construction of new hospitals will be felt more than ever. Because of many accidents in the southern region of Fars province, there is very high demand for medical services. On the other hand, the lack of well-equipped hospitals in the region, the construction of a new hospital in the region is a priority construction projects. The present study considers Lamerd city, Mohr and Galle Dar as options to candidate for this purpose. Based on various criteria such as the concentration of population, the rate of accidents, road quality, access to the provincial capital, the region climate defines convenient location. Because of the structure and nature of the multi-criteria problem, we use Analytic Hierarchy Process method, TOPSIS method, Simple Additive Weighted method and the ELECTERE method. When conflicting decision criteria make it difficult to choose the options, Multi Attribute Decision Making techniques are used. Based on the results of all four methods, Lamerd city is determined as the most appropriate location.