Risk Criteria in Hospital Site Selection: A Systematic Review

Conclusions Despite the critical role of hospitals in health service delivery in disasters and emergencies and the effect of hospital location on the quality of these services, few articles have considered hazards as the criteria for hospital site selection (HSS). Cost and demand are two groups of criteria that have been addressed more frequently in HSS studies. The decision makers should prospectively match the main objectives of hospital building with the HSS criteria according to the strategy of site selection and the availability of data and resources. Undoubtedly, being safe and remaining functional in emergencies and disasters should be one of the main objectives in HSS in line with Sendai Framework. More comprehensive criteria like “risk of hazards” and “burden of diseases” are suggested to be considered in future studies. Limitations Non-English articles were not included in this study. Supporting Information S1 Table: Quality assessment results for included publication in HSS systematic review Corresponding Author Ali Ardalan, MD, PhD E-mail: aardalan@tums.ac.ir Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Data Availability All relevant data are in the article. Competing Interests The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - Category: Global & Universal Authors: Source Type: research