Planning sustainable community health schemes in rural areas of developing countries. (English) Zbl 1180.90170
Summary: We consider the planning of community health schemes by non-governmental or faith-based organisations in rural areas of developing countries, from both top-down and ground level viewpoints. We conclude that both types of planning approach are valid and necessary for sustainability of such developments. With top-down planning in mind, we describe our hierarchical models especially designed for location of community health facilities, with objectives pertaining to both efficiency and equity of provision. As an additional case study, we present the modelling of the location of a maximal number of self-sustainable primary healthcare workers in a rural region of India.
MSC:
| 90B80 | Discrete location and assignment |
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