Journal
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
Volume 193, Issue 3, Pages 768-777Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.07.031
Keywords
OR in developing countries; Location; OR in health
Funding
- EPSRC [EP/P500478/1]
- EPSRC [EP/F033982/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/F033982/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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In this research, we consider the planning of community health schemes by non-governmental or faith-based organisations in rural areas of developing countries, from both top-down and ground level viewpoints. We conclude that both types of planning approach are valid and necessary for sustainability of such developments. With top-down planning in mind, we describe our hierarchical models especially designed for location of community health facilities, with objectives pertaining to both efficiency and equity of provision. As an additional case study, we present modelling of the location of a maximal number of self-sustainable primary healthcare workers in a rural region of India. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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