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BOOKS OF RtfiDIfGS - PAHO/WHO

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- 269 -<br />

William J. Abernothy and John C. Hershey<br />

stronger barrier to utilization thau to areas with populations that are more mobile.<br />

Such an allocation of centers may be far from optimal in terms of thc goal of mini.<br />

mizing the average distance patienxts must travel for cach vis4it.<br />

The point is that alternative objectives i¡n thc spatial-allocatiosi problem will<br />

often eofliict. Any proposued louationie of health centera mnust be atudied i¡s Il ,.<br />

light of cach objective.<br />

This paper pres*enta a model that can a.rist a hcalth-.yístemn planncr in dlett.'r.<br />

mining the location and capacities of a specified number of health-ciLre (.'iuirs<br />

within a region in a'cord:uiec witi ritated criteria. Thc formulation reli(e4 ui,t,<br />

0c,',wuS df nmakilg tnruleTffs among multiple objective.s is almo explol*rld.<br />

Ans e xamphl olTerinig ,mnutirical experienice with the model ia givwn that

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