Developing a plan for primary health care facilities in Soweto, South Africa. Part II: Applying locational criteria
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- 1 December 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Health Policy and Planning
- Vol. 11 (4) , 394-405
- https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/11.4.394
Abstract
This article is the second of a two-part series describing the development of a ten-year plan for primary health care facility development in Soweto. The first article concentrated on the political problems and general methodological approach of the project. This second article describes how the technical problem of planning in the context of scanty information was overcome. The reasoning behind the various assumptions and criteria which were used to assist the planning of the location of facilities is explained, as well as the process by which they were applied. The merits and limitations of this planning approach are discussed, and it is suggested that the approach may be useful to other facility planners, particularly in the developing world.Keywords
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