الكفاءة المكانية للخدمات الصحية الحكومية في محافظة الكرك باستخدام نظم المعلومات الجغرافية (GIS)‎

Abstract EN

This study aims to find out the spatial efficiency of government health service delivery centers in Karak governorate using geographic information systems.

the study also aims to identify the degree of spatial concentration, the general trend and the pattern of spatial distribution of government health services in Karak governorate.

to achieve the objectives of the study, the analytical descriptive method was used to analyze and describe the available spatial and descriptive data on the spatial distribution of government primary health services in Karak governorate.

the study used a number of cartographic statistical tests such as: neighborhood analysis, standard distance, directional distribution (standard deviational ellipse), buffer analysis, and location quotient equation.

the results of the study showed that the governorates of Karak suffer from a poor distribution of primary government health services, as some communities suffer from a shortage of health service delivery centers, a large part of which is concentrated in large population centers, which negatively reflected on their spatial efficiency in providing health services to the population in various population centers in the governorate, and the emergence of some problems related to the unfair distribution of these services.

based on the results, the study recommended the need to use GIS programs in spatial planning for the establishment of health service delivery centers to improve their spatial efficiency.