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HOSPITAL OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT BASED ON PATIENTS' BEHAVIOR AND COGNITION : Studies on Hospital Geography 1

Year: 1993

Type: article

Abstract: The hospital geography is defined as the study introducing geographical approach to architectural planning. In this paper, discussion is focused on out-patient department of general hospitals based on the information collected by several surveys, method of which is mainly Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE). As the result, existence of the 'gap' between patients' expectation and actual facility/operational system is extensively recognized, and we realized the importance of providing architectural environment which facilitates the provision of 'uncontrolled information' which each patient gets by himself besides 'controlled information' which is given officially by hospital administrative bodies.

Source: Journal of Architecture Planning and Environmental Engineering (Transactions of AIJ)

DOI: 10.3130/aijax.452.0_75

Authors: Yasushi NAGASAWA, Takeshi SUZUKI, Tetsuro YAMASHITA

Institution: The University of Tokyo

Language: English

Topic: Healthcare Facilities Design and Sustainability

Subfield: Urban Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W186928102

FWCI: 2.237

Cites: 2

Cited by: 5

Related to: 10