Entry to General Planning Considerations for Governmental Hospitals within Health Care FramEwork in IRAQ

Abstract

Governmental hospitals represent an essential part in healthcare system in any society, and particularly in IRAQ. Theyrepresent the most vital part for many reasons, such as thegrowth of urban settlements (medium and big cities) at theexpense of rural settlements shrinkage, and also the nature of theservices given by these hospitals, which are characterized by veryhigh standard with high specialization. Providing of appropriateplanning considerations for these hospitals will positively actupon the process of planning, Feasibility studies, design,execution and utilization of these hospitals, in turn will influenceand help the raising of the efficiency of these services. Thejustifications of this paper comes from the fact that are absent ofthese considerations from an integrated and comprehensiveframework, so the aim of this paper is to set the main lines forthese considerations as an information base and data bank,which work as a guide for every researcher, planner or designerin this field.The terms and notions put forward and introduced in thispaper, are just main entries to be tackled separately insubsequent studies.The conclusions and recommendations reveal the main guidelines to deal with the suggested considerations, which representthe most significant and vital aspects of the hospitals within thehealth-care framework in IRAQ.