The development of a points system to compare the potential running costs of different development options for new hospitals.
The points system provides a simple method of assessing the design aspects of health care facilities which have a significant influence on their eventual operating costs. It is intended to assist planning teams working in the early stages of designing a health care facility. The system offers a systematic form of analysis which should be used in the preparation of development proposals as an aide-memoir, and as a method of comparing and evaluating alternative design solutions. It comprises seventeen worksheets which should be used by planning teams as a checklist of Design for Reduced Operating Costs factors. The system was developed by using the 'delphi' methodology and has been tested in a series of repeatability tests and field trials; and it is now being used for developments within the NHS.
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Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies, University of York, The King's Manor, YO1 2EP.
Croucher
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Clark
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D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D003697:Delphi Technique; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction / Q000191:economics*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom