Document Type : Research Paper
Author
A.Pro./Payam Noor University
Abstract
Access to health services is considered a basic and universal human right. Any disruption in this area jeopardizes the well-being and prosperity of society. The main assumption is that in most places, especially in metropolitan cities, such an opportunity is not available to most citizens. This causes those who do not have access to these services to consider themselves deprived. Such people react hostilely to this injustice. This is despite the fact that managers claim that the system of access to health and medical services is in the most optimal form. In this system, all segments of the population, especially the disadvantaged, have access to medical facilities and equipment in the shortest possible time and at the lowest cost. To test this hypothesis, this study was conducted using a descriptive and analytical method. The required data was collected in the field and analyzed using the P-Median model. The findings showed that health and medical centers were not located correctly and accurately throughout the city. Also, the equipment and facilities allocated to these centers are not the same. As a result, citizens are forced to spend a lot of money and time to access better-equipped facilities and centers. This situation has led to dissatisfaction and negative reactions from citizens. In addition, this distribution has created traffic problems, air pollution, etc. for the entire city. For this reason, it is necessary to fundamentally review the spatial distribution, equipment, and human resources of these centers.
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