Document Type : Original Article
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1 Geography and Urban Planning Department, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran,,
2 Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran
Abstract
Healthcare services are of particular importance, and access to them is the prerequisite for creating justice in society. The purpose of the current research is to analyze the spatial heterogeneity in the availability of healthcare services, and the research method is descriptive-analytical. In this research, to analyze the spatial heterogeneity, first, spatial and descriptive information related to nine indicators in the field of health and treatment in Ardabil city was collected and updated using the OSM database. In the next step, the variables were standardized with the population of the city neighborhoods and turned into an index, and then the weight of the indicators was calculated using the ROC approach of the ranking method. In the last step, the WLC multi-criteria decision model was used to combine the layers. The result showed that there is a strong spatial heterogeneity among the localities and regions of the municipality of Ardabil in terms of health care services, so that the 1st region of the municipality, which corresponds to the geographical center of the city, has a much better situation in terms of services, so that 45% of the population of this region living in 5 localities is in a very privileged situation. On the other hand, regions 4 and 5 of the municipality have an unfavorable situation in terms of health services, and 81 and 73 percent of the population of these regions are in a very deprived situation, respectively. Out of all the neighborhoods in the city, 12 are very deprived, 15 are deprived, 12 are average, 7 are privileged and 5 are in a very privileged situation.
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