Analysis of the Spatial-location Distribution of Health- Treatment Services and Their Optimal Locating (Case study: Hospital of Jahrom City)

Jahrom city with a population of over 129,213 people, as one of the medium cities of the country, is located at Southern part of Fars Province. This city is faced with some problems in the field of optimum and desirable access to urban services, especially health care services. The access to urban services are so important issues that affect different aspects of urban affairs. The purpose of this study is to identify the current situation from the view point of spatial –location distribution of health care services and its optimum locating.To this end, Geographical Information System (GIS), Expert choice software and Excel have been used. The required layers including proximity with compatible uses, access to communicating network, closing to fire stations, population density, distance from existing hospitals, distance from flood ways, distance from fuel stations, distance from the educational centers, land slope, closing to city center and green spaces were created in GIS. Paired comparisons were performed by Expert choice software, weight of criteria was determined and the final map was prepared by combining informative layers.Findings of this study shows that the current location of Jahrom hospitals is not compatible with the scientific criteria and necessities of this usage, and the present need of Jahrom city with respect to urban per capita is at least five hospitals.