Study on value-based design of healthcare facilities: Based on review of the literature in the USA and Japan — Zhou 2022

Given the scarcity of medical resources, it is crucial for nations all over the world to investigate architectural design strategies to raise the value of medical facilities. Hence, conducting a thorough worldwide comparison is absolutely required. This paper conducts co-occurrence analysis, cluster analysis, and trend analysis of the keywords of 334 English articles and 153 Japanese articles related to healthcare facilities published in significant academic journals in the USA and Japan in the previous 15 years in order to understand the research trend of healthcare facilities in the world. We examine the reasons for the disparities between healthcare facility research in the USA and Japan as well as their parallels and contrasts. It has been discovered that by including three different value variables, such as time, space, and behavior, we can not only explain the variations in healthcare facilities' cost-saving strategies between the USA and Japan but also offer fresh suggestions for architectural layouts that will increase the value of hospitals. Based on the foregoing study, this paper proposes a conceptual framework for value-based healthcare facility design that combines the benefits of the USA and Japan.

Zhou, Y., Sun, Y., Xu, Y., & Yuan, H. (2022). Study on value-based design of healthcare facilities: Based on review of the literature in the USA and Japan. Frontiers in public health, 10, 883241. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.883241