Optimization of community health center locations and service offerings with statistical need estimation

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 880-892

  Griffin, Paul M ^a   Scherrer, Christina ^b   Swann, Julie ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health centers; Health outcomes; Location; Service selection

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; LOCATION; OPTIMIZATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS; CENSUS DATA; COMMUNITY HEALTH; GEORGIA (CO); HEALTH CARE SERVICES; OPTIMIZATION MODELING; PERFORMANCE METRICS; SERVICE OFFERINGS; SEVERAL MEASURES; SYSTEM APPROACH;

HEALTH;

EID: 48249134442     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170802165864     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. American Academy of Family Physicians (2002)
2. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2005)
3. Ball, M. O. and Lin, F. L. (1993) A reliability model applied to emergency service vehicle location. 41:1, pp. 18-36.
4. Bennett, W. D. (1981) A location-allocation approach to health-care facility location-a study of the undoctored population in Lansing, Michigan. 15:2, pp. 305-312.
5. Berman, S., Dolins, J., Tang, S. F. and Yudkowsky, B. (2002) Factors that influence the willingness of private primary care pediatricians to accept more Medicaid patients. 110:2, pp. 239-248.
6. Blumenthal, D., Mort, E. and Edwards, J. (1995) The efficacy of primary-care for vulnerable population groups. 30:1, pp. 253-273.
7. Brecher, C. and Forman, M. (1981) Financial viability of community-health centers. 5:4, pp. 742-768.
8. Bureau of Health Professions (1992) Health-care Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, MD
9. Bureau of Primary Health Care (2002) United States Department of Health and Human Resources
10. Bureau of Primary Health Care, Division of Shortage Designation (1995)
11. Church, R. L. and ReVelle, C. S. (1974) The maximal covering location problem. 32, pp. 101-118.
12. Cunningham, P. and Hadley, J. (2004) Expanding care versus expanding coverage: How to improve access to care. 23:4, pp. 234-244.
13. Cunningham, P. and Kemper, P. (1998) Ability to obtain medical care for the uninsured: How much does it vary across communities?. 280, pp. 921-927.
14. Cunningham, P. J. and Nichols, L. M. (2005) The effects of Medicaid reimbursement on the access to care of Medicaid enrollees: A community perspective. 62:6, pp. 676-696.
15. Current, J. R. and Storbeck, J. E. (1988) Capacitated covering models. 15:2, pp. 153-163.
16. Daskin, M. S. (1995) Wiley, New York
17. Daskin, M. S. and Dean, L. K. (2004) Location of health care facilities. pp. 43-76. Kluwer
18. Dievler, A. and Giovannini, T. (1998) Community health centers: Promise and performance. 55:4, pp. 405-431.
19. Dolan, P., Shaw, R., Tsuchiya, A. and Williams, A. (2005) QALY maximisation and people's preferences: A methodological review of the literature. 14:2, pp. 197-208.
20. Falik, M., Needleman, J., Korb, J. and McCall, N. (1998) Bureau of Primary Health Care, Washington, D. C.
21. Griffin, P., Griffin, S., Swann, J. and Zlobin, N. (2006) Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
22. Griffin, P. M., Scherrer, C. R. and Swann, J. L. (2006) Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
23. Griffin, S. O., Griffin, P. M., Jones, K., Swann, J. L. and Etchison, J. (2006) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
24. Hawkins, D. and Proser, M. (2004) National Association of Community Health Centers, Washington, D. C.
25. Idler, E. L. and Benyamini, Y. (1997) Self-rated health and mortality: A review of twenty-seven community studies. 38:1, pp. 21-37.
26. Jacobs, D. A., Silan, M. N. and Clemson, B. A. (1996) An analysis of alternative locations and service areas of American Red Cross blood facilities. 26:3, pp. 40-50.
27. Kington, R., Lillard, L. and Rogowski, J. (1997) Reproductive history, socioeconomic status, and self-reported health status of women aged 50 years or older. 87:1, pp. 33-37.
28. Knight, E. L., Ofsthun, N., Teng, M., Lazarus, J. M. and Curhan, G. C. (2003) The association between mental health, physical function, and hemodialysis mortality. 63:5, pp. 1843-1851.
29. McAlearney, J. S. (2002) The financial performance of community health centers, 1996-1999. 21:2, pp. 219-225.
30. National Center for Health Statistics (2001)
31. National Center for Primary Care (2003)
32. Office of the Press Secretary (2004)
33. Pirkul, H. and Schilling, D. A. (1988) The siting of emergency service facilities with workload capacities and backup service. 34:7, pp. 896-908.
34. Pirkul, H. and Schilling, D. A. (1991) The maximal covering location problem with capacities on total workload. 37:2, pp. 233-248.
35. Rosenblatt, R. A., Andrilla, C. H. A., Curtin, T. and Hart, L. G. (2006) Shortages of medical personnel at community health centers-implications for planned expansion. 295:9, pp. 1042-1049.
36. Scherrer, C. R. (2005) PhD thesis. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
37. Sinuany-Stern, Z., Mehrez, A., Tal, A. -G. and Shemuel, B. (1995) The location of a hospital in a rural region: The case of the Negev. 3, pp. 255-266.
38. Taylor, J. (2004) The George Washington University, Washington, DC
39. US Census Bureau (2005)
40. US Department of Health and Human Services (2000)
41. Verter, V. and LaPierre, S. D. (2002) Location of preventive health care facilities. 110:1, pp. 123-132.