A model and a heuristic for the primary health care coverage planning problem in portugal: application to "Cova da Beira" case

this communication presents an attempt in order to help on the planning of a primary health care delivery system in portugal. the research was conducted in order to get the optimal location and "districting" of hierarchical facilities in a network system. a linear integer multiobjective model is presented, considering location-allocation theory and also demographic evolution, as well as coherent structure. a metaheuristic solution method is provided. the model and the metaheuristic was applied to a set of instances and "cova da beira" case.