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- Title
Location Optimization Using a Hierarchical Location-Allocation Model for Trauma Centers in Shenzhen, China.
- Authors
Yishu Zhu; Qingyun Du; Fei Tian; Fu Ren; Shi Liang; Yan Chen
- Abstract
Trauma is considered a "modern civilized sickness", and its occurrence substantially affects all of society, as well as individuals. The implementation of trauma emergency systems in cities with young, prosperous, and highly mobile populations is necessary and significant. A complete trauma emergency system includes both low-level trauma centers that offer basic emergency services and high-level trauma centers that offer comprehensive services. GIS and operational research methods were used to solve the location problem associated with these centers. This study analyzed the spatial distribution characteristics of trauma demands and the candidate locations of trauma centers based on a spatial analysis and presented a hierarchical location-allocation model for low- and high-level trauma centers in Shenzhen. The response, coverage, treatment and cost capacities of the trauma center locations were considered, and an ant colony optimization was used to calculate the optimal solution. The objectives of this study were to optimize trauma center locations, improve the allocation of medical trauma resources and reduce the rate of deaths and disabilities due to trauma.
- Subjects
TRAUMA centers; LOCATION-based services; MATHEMATICAL optimization
- Publication
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2016, Vol 5, Issue 10, p190
- ISSN
2220-9964
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijgi5100190