Table 3.

Description of the evaluation criterion

S. No.	Criteria	Definition	Vahidnia et al., 2009	Dehe & Bamford, 2015	Senvar et al., 2016	Rahimi et al., 2017	Ovo et al., 2018,	Şahin et al., 2019	Soltani & Marandi, 2011	Ramani et al., 2007
1	Population density	Hospital site should be near to the high population zones	√	√		√	√	√	√
2	Proximity to slum	Hospital site should be near to the slum location								√
3	Land cost	Hospital site should be preferably located on low land cost area	√	√	√
4	Proximity to road	Hospital site should be near to the main road for transportation	√	√	√	√	√		√	√
5	Distance to other hospital	New hospital site should not be very far from the already available hospital							√	√
6	Proximity to railway	Hospital site should be near to the railway for transportation		√	√	√	√
7	Possibility of extension	Hospital site should be located in abandoned areas where urban expansion is possible in the future		√	√	√
8	Slope	Hospital site should be located in flat area (not greater than 7%)							√	√
9	Air pollution	Hospital site should be far from where air quality index is higher, i.e., air pollution is high	√			√		√	√	√
10	Green area	Hospital site should be near to dense vegetation like trees or forest				√
11	Unhealthy industry	Hospital site should be far from the industrial area				√