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| | Sharmin and Neema [31] | Existing hospitals, road, industries, educational institutions, water bodies | | Miç and Antmen [2] | Demographic structure, investment costs, travel time and travel costs, environmental factors, infrastructure, location | | Khotbehsara and Safari [68] | Compatibility, population density, principle of access radius | | Önüt et al. [42] | Factors, demand situation, government, competitors, supply chain sector, possibilities | | Baran [34] | Investment costs, demographic structure, environmental factors, building location factors, building properties | | Şahin et al. [1] | Competitors, demand factors, environmental conditions, accessibility, related industry, government | | Chiu and Tsai [69] | Demand, construction costs, transportation, sector support, future development | | Lin et al. [50] | Service demand, investment cost, transportation convenience, competition situation, government regulation, related and supporting industries | | Islam et al. [62] | Environment and safety, size, accessibility, cost-effectiveness, risk | | Assad [26] | Cost, demand, disaster risk, environment, administrative concerns, other | | Chatterjee [3] | Cost, population characteristics, location | | DellʼOvo et al. [70] | Functional quality, location quality, environmental quality, economic aspect | | Kmail et al. [29] | Land use, distance to existing hospitals, near main roads, distance to dumping sites, distance industrial areas, elevation | | Lin and Tsai [37] | Factor conditions, government role, demand conditions, agglomeration effects | | Wibowo [64] | Financial attractiveness, demand potential, organizational strategy, supporting industries, government influence, marketing dynamics | | Mohammed et al. [71] | Urban factors, environmental factors, economic factors | | Kim et al. [72, 73] | Needs, capacity, support | | Eldemir and Onden [27] | Competition, accessibility, environment | | Çelikbilek [44] | Building cost, population density, prospective population, distance to social centers, medical suppliers, other institutions, easy access for ambulances, transportation, hospital demand at the location, availability of parking lot | | İnce et al. [74] | Building characteristics and location, environmental factors, demography, competitors, investment costs | | Khaksefidi and Miri [36] | Accidents, rate of population-dense, quality of road, distance from the center of the province, distance from the two other cities, climate of area | | Kahraman et al. [35] | Installation costs, closeness to the target area, environmental factors, demographic infrastructure, transportation opportunities | | Sen [52] | Site conditions and surrounding, accessibility and traffic, patient/emergency access consideration, cost, future considerations, nuisance | | Şen and Demiral [65] | Site conditions and surrounding, accessibility and traffic, patient/emergency access consideration, cost, future considerations, nuisance | | Rahimi et al. [30] | Population, accessibility, road network, incompatibility, compatibility, land specifications | | Behzadi and Alesheikh [66] | Environment, city, road, hospital, contamination | | Vahidnia et al. [56] | Distance from arterial routes, travel time, contamination, land cost, population density | | Soltani and Marandi [55] | Distance to arterials and significant roads, distance to other medical centers, population density, parcel size | | Senvar et al. [39] | Cost, demographics, market conditions, business, transportation, workers, building structure | | Adalı and Tuş [33] | Market conditions, cost, transportation, geological factors, land strategy, financial support by the government, environment, demographics | | Mahmud et al. [63] | Environment and safety, size, accessibility, cost-effectiveness, risk | | Lin and Tsai [38] | Factor conditions, government role, demand conditions, agglomeration effects | | Kumar et al. [49] | Cost, proximity, population characteristics, availability of human resources, accessibility, environment | | Chatterjee and Mukherjee [75] | Cost, population characteristics, location | | Lin et al. [45] | Factor conditions, demand conditions, firm strategy structure rivalry, related and supported industries, government, chance | | Wu et al. [43] | Factor conditions, demand conditions, firm strategy structure rivalry, related and supported industries, government, chance | | Ahmed et al. [67] | Environmental factors, urban factors, economic factors | | Soltani et al. [76] | Transportation network, existing healthcare centers, land use, population density, distance from industrial centers, existing fire stations, urban green spaces | | Abdullahi et al. [25] | Technical issues, environmental issues, socioeconomic issues | | Organ and Tekin [54] | Intensity of target audience, proximity to residential units, proximity to noise sources, centrality, accessibility, personnel transportation, distance to competitors, competitorsʼ effectiveness, infrastructure competence, cost of building regulation, cost of environmental law, detectability | | Shahbandarzadeh and Ghorbanpour [51] | Factor conditions, geographical conditions, related and supported industries, government | | Yuen [77] | Population density, land cost, community support, transportation convenience, competing hospitals, environmental favor | | Kaveh et al. [28] | Distance from the existing hospitals, distance from fire stations, distance from population centers, distance from road and street network, distance from green spaces and parks, distance from strong power lines, distance from fault | | Zolfani et al. [53] | Technological, economic, social |
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