Comparative analysis of spatial distribution of Health services Efficiency between 2012 and 2017 in the governorates of the Hail Region (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)

Document Type : Academic research papers

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1 Geography department Girls College of Arts, Sciences and Education Ain Shams University

2 Faculty of Women - Ain Shams University

3 Ain Shams University College of Girls of Arts, Science and Education

Abstract

- Objectives of the study:
This study aims to achieve two goals: (a) to analyse the spatial variance of inpatient, treatment and nursing services in hospitals on the one hand, and (b) to analyse the spatial variance of services provided by primary health care centres, including treatment and nursing, in nine governorates in Hail.

- Study methodology:
This study depends on the integrated use of the analytical descriptive approach and quantitative analysis. It also adopts the cartographic representation of statistical data provided by the official bulletins of the Ministry of Health regarding the distribution of beneficiaries of inpatient services, treatment and nursing in government hospitals, beneficiaries of primary health care centres services, and the distribution of employees in health services in a total of 9 governorates in Hail.

- Study This study is based on the statistical data of health services in hospitals and primary health care centres available in the official bulletins of the private Ministry of Health, regarding the distribution of the population benefiting from inpatient, treatment and nursing services in government hospitals as well as from the services of primary health care centres, and the distribution of the number of employees in health services at the level of 9 governorates in Hail.
- Results:
The results of the spatial analysis of health services in hospitals and primary health care centres in the governorates of Hail showed the variation in the distribution of the number of doctors, nurses and beds in hospitals, in addition to the variation

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Volume 3, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
Issue January 1, Part Three - Languages - 2023
January 2023
Pages 35-58

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