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Measuring Emergency Care Network Population Coverage Using Location-Allocation Models and Geographic Information Systems

dc.contributor.authorMcNamara, Lauren
dc.contributor.copyright-releaseNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.degreeMaster of Applied Scienceen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Industrial Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.ethics-approvalNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.external-examinerMajid Taghavien_US
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinatorUday Venkatadrien_US
dc.contributor.manuscriptsNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerUday Venkatadrien_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerMajid Taghavien_US
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisorPeter Vanberkelen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisorAlix Carteren_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-31T13:57:32Z
dc.date.available2017-08-31T13:57:32Z
dc.date.defence2017-08-15
dc.date.issued2017-08-31T13:57:32Z
dc.descriptionIncludes Emergency Department Planning Tool and Tutorial Videosen_US
dc.description.abstractThe objective of this thesis is to measure how the Nova Scotia Emergency Care Network, consisting of Emergency Departments (EDs) and Collaborative Emergency Centres (CECs), covers the population, and provide a tool to evaluate changes to the system. This study uses a Geographic Information System (GIS) and location-allocation models including the P-median problem, p-centre problem, location set covering problem (LSCP), and the maximal covering location problem (MCLP). Distance is measured in kilometres following the road network, and the population is represented as aggregate points corresponding to Statistics Canada Dissemination Areas. We analyze the existing network by computing the population-weighted travel distance of the population to each ED, the maximum distance any person must travel, and the number of people within a specified distance from an ED. We also consider several proposed changes to the network and compute the degree of improvement expected using these metrics.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/73217
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjecthealthcareen_US
dc.subjectGISen_US
dc.subjectlocation-allocationen_US
dc.subjectemergency departmenten_US
dc.subjectCollaborative Emergency Centreen_US
dc.subjectNova Scotiaen_US
dc.subjectoperations researchen_US
dc.subjectpopulation coverageen_US
dc.subjectGeographic information systems
dc.titleMeasuring Emergency Care Network Population Coverage Using Location-Allocation Models and Geographic Information Systemsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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