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Implementation of health facilities in a new city.

par Berghmans, Luc ;Schoovaerts, P.;Teghem, Jacques
Référence Journal of the Operational Research Society, 35, 12, page (1047-1054)
Publication Publié, 1984-12

Article révisé par les pairs

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The problem is to determine the number - and thus the size - of the health centers, and their location. The solution depends on two opposing factors: the total construction cost, which is increasing with the number of centers, and the walking distance for the patient, which is decreasing with the number of centers. For a given critical distance, the authors find - using techniques of location theory in network - the smallest number of centers that will ensure that all inhabitants are located within the critical distance. A Fortran program in which the sensitivity of the solution is studied as a function of the given critical distance is developed.