التوزيع الجغرافي للخدمات الصحية في منطقة صبراتة-ليبيا : دراسة في جغرافية الخدمات

Abstract EN

This study focuses across its objectives and methodology on examining a significant part of the health services system in Subrata region targeting the geographical distribution of these services and the appropriateness of this distribution to the population and satisfying their needs in Subrata city.

The study tackles with geographical distribution of health institutions either the governmental or the private, either the distribution is numerical or qualitative from hospitals and health centers on different places of Subrata.

The study uses the spatial analysis of health services regarding size of hospitals, number of beds, size of workers in health institutions either they are doctors or nurses, including the activities of both governmental and private hospitals as well; added to that, the number of patients, their auditors and the performance rates in hospitals.

The study counts on the qualitative (descriptive-analytical method, in addition to using a questionnaire form consisting of (940) forms to be applied on a random sample.

The study shows quality and distribution of health services available in Subrata region either the governmental or the nongovernmental in addition to the reality of these services, considering their efficiency.

The study results indicate through examining the efficiency of the health centers in Subrata, the bed-service rates in Subrata hospitals that the auditors’ numbers of external divisions in governmental hospitals are estimated by (41112), while in private hospitals are about (119963) patients.

It is noticed that auditors’ numbers are few in governmental hospitals.

In the internal divisions, the internal hospitals have received about (11319) while the private hospitals receive (5486) patients.

The study shows that the beds ’size available in governmental hospitals is (480) beds while in private hospitals, the beds are (94) beds.

The indicators of the beds’ cycle in governmental hospitals is 38.2 patients/bed in governmental hospitals and reaching (19.2) patients/bed.

Consequently, Subrata area and on places’ level are missing modern specialized hospitals; added to that, the lack of the medical cadre, nurses, and employees in health institutions in some places.

The study recommends the necessity to accelerate increasing health institutions existed through specialized and supervising centers and circles to fulfill their jobs in the appropriate form; working as well on filling the gap in health institutions of physicians and those with health careers, restructuring also the medical cadre in institutions due to specialization.