تقويم الكفاية المكانية لمراكز الرعاية الصحية الأولية في مدينة بريدة باستخدام نظم المعلومات الجغرافية

Abstract EN

Studying of primary health care centers services distribution in Buraidah city is one of the important issues because it is related to population's health, this study aimed to evaluate the style of distributing the primary healthcare centers and the extent of its compatibility with the spatial values and geographical variables by using the geographical information system (GIS) to determine the ways of distributing them and the domains of their services in Buraidah City.

The study used the spatial analysis methodology using the Geographical information systems (Arc GIS).

The study used some of the spatial statistical methods in order to fulfill its objectives such as the central phenomenon, the intermediate centers, the geographical direction for spatial distribution, estimation of geographical distribution intense (Kernel Analysis), the normative distance, the spatial sanctuary of multiple domains and analyzing neighborhood connection coefficients.

The study concluded that there is an agreement between Kernel Analysis and general direction analysis of the distribution that the primary healthcare centers at Buraidah city takes the north-west direction, and the value of neighborhood connection for distribution of primary healthcare centers was (78meter), and this indicates that the distribution of healthcare centers took the assembled style (random direction).

Furthermore, the normative degree value (z) which is (-2.65) is above the critical value which is (-2.58) this indicates that the distribution of healthcare centers in Buraidah City neighborhoods was an assembled style directing to random direction.

Finally, the study recommended redistributing some of the primary healthcare centers in the study field and recommended the necessity of applying the planning criteria in establishing this service in a way that enable performing their role effectively.