التحليل المكاني لمواقع مراكز الرعاية الصحية الأولية بمدينة حائل باستخدام نظم المعلومات الجغرافية

Abstract EN

In general, primary health care centers face many challenges due to the disparity in their spatial distribution and population coverage at the level of regions and cities.

the ministry of health has confirmed in many of its reports that the geographical distribution of healthcare centers is not appropriate, as well as the imbalance between the service rate and the number of the population served.

the city of hail is one of those cities that may face these challenges.

therefore it is important to conduct a geographical study of the distribution of primary healthcare centers in the city of hail and to compare this distribution with spatial planning standards for health services using geographic information systems.

the study aims to identify the efficiency of public governmental health services in the city of hail in terms of its geographical distribution by studying the current situation and then evaluating its geographical distribution.

the study is done by employing service area analysis models.

the study found a decline in the growth rate of public governmental health services in the city of hail in contrast to the urban and population growth of the city, as well as a significant weakness in the number and distribution of primary health care centers.