Feasibility Study on an Evidence-Based Decision-Support System for Hospital Site Selection for an Aging Population

Jung Kim, Devini Senaratna, Jacobo Ruza, Calvin Kam, Sandy Ng
2015 Sustainability  
An aging population has significant, dynamic and complex healthcare needs. Meeting such needs in a sustainable manner requires the capability to prioritize and project multiple relevant criteria (e.g., dynamic population health, treatment preferences, resources, technological changes and location of facilities). Most current decision-making processes for urban hospital site selection rely on a combination of experience and statistical data, yet they lack robustness and trending capabilities.
more » ... s leads to tremendous efficiency implications, as it is not uncommon for hospitals to have a lifespan of more than 100 years after they are built. Our research team has developed an evidence-based decision-support system, enhanced with a Geographic Information System (GIS), that has the potential to overcome these limitations. This paper presents a feasibility demonstration of our framework through a retrospective case study of hospital site selection in Dallas, Texas, demonstrating its positive value in providing a foundation for informed healthcare resource allocation in the context of an aging population.
doi:10.3390/su7032730 fatcat:h66y3uzsszd2tgayqk77nmd62e