Locational efficiency of Chicago hospitals: an experimental model

An experimental simulation model is described by which imbalances in the distribution of hospitals may be evaluated and location shifts suggested to meet future needs. The model, partly deterministic and partly probabilistic, is here used to project the effects on patient travel of shifting capacity...

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Published in:Health services research 1969-01, Vol.4 (2), p.128-141
Main Authors: Morrill, R L, Earickson, R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chicago
Costs and Cost Analysis
Ethnic Groups
Health Facility Size
Hospital Planning
Hospitals - supply & distribution
Hospitals - utilization
Income
Models, Theoretical
Religion
Residence Characteristics
Systems Analysis
Time Factors
Travel
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Summary:An experimental simulation model is described by which imbalances in the distribution of hospitals may be evaluated and location shifts suggested to meet future needs. The model, partly deterministic and partly probabilistic, is here used to project the effects on patient travel of shifting capacity and of shifting demand. Applied to the metropolitan Chicago hospital system, the model results indicate that relocation of hospital beds would considerably decrease patient travel, but that the same improvement in patient travel and in hospital utilization could be achieved, with a far less radical and costly shift of beds, by relaxing existing constraints of income and race.
ISSN:0017-9124