THE INNOVATIVE, DEMAND-BASED ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN FOR EFFICIENT ONCOLOGICAL CARE IN POLAND: A VORONOI DIAGRAM ANALYSIS Cover Image

THE INNOVATIVE, DEMAND-BASED ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN FOR EFFICIENT ONCOLOGICAL CARE IN POLAND: A VORONOI DIAGRAM ANALYSIS
THE INNOVATIVE, DEMAND-BASED ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN FOR EFFICIENT ONCOLOGICAL CARE IN POLAND: A VORONOI DIAGRAM ANALYSIS

Author(s): Waldemar Karpa, Jakub Nowakowski
Subject(s): National Economy, Health and medicine and law, Welfare services
Published by: Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
Keywords: health economics; Voronoi diagram

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, we apply a Voronoi diagram to map the existing design of oncological care in Poland. First, we correlate the actual organization of care with epidemiological data on cancer survival rate and morbidity. On this basis, we build a proxy for localized demand for oncological care. As a further step, we construct a Voronoi diagram to discuss the project of a national network for oncology in Poland based on comprehensive cancer centers and institutes, aiming at improving accessibility and equality in access to specialized oncological care.

  • Issue Year: XVI/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 126-136
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English