Evaluation and analysis of spatial development indices of health services in Fars province using a combination of several indicators (TOPSIS, VIKOR, SAW)

Equality in distribution of health facilities is the main indicator for increasing the availability of the facilities to the society. The aim of this study was to classify Fars province towns in health structural indicators using The combination of multi-criteria decision is made. The basic problem is that the level of development or deprivation of Fars province in a health care facility is not clear, and this article seeks to determine the exact position of the city is a little ways. This was a descriptive cross sectional study that used 28 health structural indicators in the towns of Fars province. Data was collected from statistical yearbook. Data analysis was done using VIKOR techniques, TOPSIS, SAW and Copland, as well as Shannon's entropy method was conducted with the help of GIS software. There is large gap between townships of Fars province in terms of enjoyment of structural indicators of health services. City of Shiraz and Kawar, respectively, the most developed and most disadvantaged province city of the indicators are studied. According to the results, In order to improve less developed indicators and decrease differences in enjoyment of health services indicators among townships, it is proposed that development-oriented planning must be carried out appropriately in these townships.