Abstract
The purpose of this study is to clarify the utility of the multiobjective-location-system with multi-criteria approach through the application to location planning of hospitals in K-city. This paper comprises these items. I. The development of location-system with multiobjective approach. II. The analysis of medical situation in K-city III. The study of location planning of hospitals in 2001. The results of this study are as follows. (1) The utility of the location-system developed is showed. (2) From the analysis of medical situation in K-city, the gravitation of hospitals toward urban district, the increase of patients in the future and the fitness of huff-model to selective behavior of hospital patients are pointed out. (3) The values of five-criteria adopted indicates the low of the servise standard in the future without improving the location of medical facilities. (4) The problems which arise in the case of the location planning with single criteion are pointed out from the results of case-study. (5) The study of location planning with multiobjective-system showed that at least two hospitals need to satisy the limits of the five-criteria for the resons of the present unfair distribution of hospitals and population. (6) The analysis of location planning with any number of beds shows that this system can obtaion the information for scale planning. From these results, the avairability of multiobjective approach toword location planning of community facilities is made clear.
