TY - JOUR T1 - A Framework for Hospital Characterization AU - Sorooshian, Shahryar AU - Parsia, Yasaman AU - Tamyez, Puteri Fadzline Muhamad JO - Research Journal of Medical Sciences VL - 11 IS - 1 SP - 46 EP - 48 PY - 2017 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1815-9346 DO - rjmsci.2017.46.48 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjmsci.2017.46.48 KW - Hospital KW -department KW -unit KW -healthcare centre KW -framework KW -Malaysia AB - One of the important factors of each society is health. Providing health-care services should be at the first level of society plans in each country. It is important to pay huge attention to build suitable structure for hospital developments. Modern hospitals may have variety units and departments, for instance, outpatient, inpatient, medical and supporting departments. Moreover, each of the departments maybe has some sub-departments. Therefore, it is important to present a framework to characterize hospitals for deeper understanding of such a modern healthcare centre requirements as it is attempted in this technical note. ER -