A Healthcare Facility Location Selection Problem with Fuzzy TOPSIS Method for a Regional Hospital

Year 2019, Issue: 16, 750 - 757, 31.08.2019

Pınar Miç Z. Figen Antmen

https://doi.org/10.31590/ejosat.584217

Cited By: 11

Abstract

As being a significant determination for
companies, facility location can be regarded as a multi-criteria decision
making (MCDM) problem. Nonetheless, facility location is not significant merely
in companies, likewise, facility location decisions in healthcare are
significant, as well. Furthermore, since human life is the point in healthcare
facilities, facility location decisions in this field are vitally important. As
are in other facility location problems, there are multiple criteria to be
taken into consideration in health care facility location problems and managers
in this area should evaluate alternatives under these criteria. Since this
process includes uncertainties, it is suitable to integrate fuzzy logic to this
process to obtain more accurate results. In line with this, in this study, a
fuzzy approach with multi criteria is presented with regard to the evaluation
of healthcare facility location. Within the study, in the framework of
specified criteria, a fuzzy Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to
Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) approach is suggested and the proposed approach is
performed at a case study for regional hospital location selection in Adana
province. The acquired results are expected to be a useful resource to the future
decisions in this area for decision makers. 

Keywords

Facility location, multi criteria decision making, healthcare facility location selection, fuzzy logic, fuzzy TOPSIS

Bir Bölge Hastanesi için Bulanık TOPSIS Yöntemi ile Sağlık Hizmeti Tesis Yerleşimi Seçimi Problemi

Abstract

Şirketler için en önemli
kararlardan birisi olarak, tesis yerleşimi çok kriterli bir karar verme (ÇKKV) problemi
olarak düşünülebilir. Fakat, tesis yerleşimi sadece şirketler için önemli
değildir, aynı şekilde, sağlık hizmetindeki tesis yerleşimi kararları da çok
önemlidir. Hatta, sağlık hizmeti tesislerinde insan hayatı söz konusu olduğu
için, bu alandaki tesis yerleşimi kararları hayati derecede önemlidir. Diğer
tesis yerleşimi problemlerinde olduğu gibi, sağlık hizmeti tesislerinin
yerleşimi probleminde de dikkate alınması gereken kriterler vardır ve bu
alandaki yöneticilerin bu kriterler altında alternatifleri değerlendirmesi gerekir.
Bu süreç belirsizlikleri içerdiğinden dolayı, daha doğru sonuçlara ulaşmak için
bu sürece bulanık mantığı ilave etmek uygun olacaktır. Bu doğrultuda, bu
çalışmada, sağlık hizmeti tesis yerleşimi değerlendirmesi için çok kriterli
bulanık bir yaklaşım sunulmuştur. Çalışma dahilinde, belirlenen kriterler
çerçevesinde bulanık bir TOPSIS (Technique for Order Preference by Similarity
to Ideal Solution) yaklaşımı sunulmuştur ve önerilen yaklaşım Adana ilindeki bir
bölge hastanesi yer seçimi vaka çalışması üzerinde uygulanmıştır. Elde edilen
sonuçların, karar vericilere bu alandaki gelecekteki kararları için yararlı bir
kaynak olması beklenmektedir.

Keywords

Tesis yerleşimi, Çok kriterli karar verme, sağlık hizmeti tesisi bölgesi seçimi, Bulanık mantık, Bulanık TOPSIS

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