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GIS FOR HEALTH SERVICES

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Last updated: 23 Jan 2023

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Civil Engineering: structural, Geotechnical, reinforced concrete and s…nd sanitary engineering, Hydraulic, Railway, construction Management.

Abstract

Technology controls our life in almost all fields. Health services are one of these fields which are widely affected by the advances in spatial information technology. Spatial information technology includes Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS), remote sensing, and spatial data management. GIS helps planners in planning and monitoring health care facilities. This enables health authorities matching the facility supply with the relevant demand. Utilization of GIS spatial analysis also promotes the standards of health services. That is why health authorities give investment priority to improve health services employing GIS. Other Applications of GIS and GPS in emergency geographic information services and infection control are appeared. Using GIS in planning new health care facility opens multiple issues. These issues are the locality definition, spatial epidemiology, socio- economic status and health status taking into account age and sex variations in the area concerned. In this paper, the existing situation of public health care facilities in Assuit city, Egypt is assessed according to the guidelines of the Ministry of Health and Population in Egypt "MOHP".

DOI

10.21608/jesaun.2013.114860

Keywords

GIS, health care facility, Assessment, Planning, Accessibility and Utilization

Authors

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Ahmed

Last Name

Abdelhafiz

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Civil Eng. Dpt. Faculty of Engineering, Assiut University.

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a.abdelhafiz@yahoo.com

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First Name

Mohamad

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Abdel-Samea

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Vice President of Assuit University, Egypt - Arch. Dept., Faculty of Engineering

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Volume

41

Article Issue

No 4

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16867

Issue Date

2013-07-01

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2013-05-17

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2013-07-01

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1,396

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1,405

Print ISSN

1687-0530

Online ISSN

2356-8550

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JESAUN_Volume 41_Issue No 4_Pages 1396-1405.pdf

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1,438

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JES. Journal of Engineering Sciences

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23 Jan 2023