Development Guidelines for Accommodation around Hospital Area: A Case Study of Area around 4 Tertiary Hospitals in Thailand

Abstract

According to the rate of people coming to use health services in Thailand has increased dramatically, which caused congestion in hospitals’ use at all levels, especially tertiary, known as hospital centers. At present, there are strategies and solutions to solve a variety of problems from the government sector. That allows hospitals and the medical profession to make significant progress, and businesses
around the hospital area need to be developed accordingly. The researcher saw an opportunity for the private sector to develop an accommodation to serve users who come to the hospital. The objective of this research is to study the existing physical and facilities of the existing residential buildings around the hospital area, to analyze the basic needs of customers while waiting for hospital
services, and suggest the improvement and development guidelines for accommodation business
surrounding the hospital area that meet the basic facilities and services needs of the users. From the study of the residences around the hospital, the area found that the user’s priority level of the room, common area, and service in this research were consistent with the quality of the project. Most of the types of rooms are 18-24 square meters studios with single or twin beds. Theresidents gave the first 3 priorities to utility and space inside the room as follows: highest priority to the bed or sleeping area, bathroom, and balcony accordingly. For the common area, the first 3 priorities were the parking area, hall area or reception and dining area accordingly. The top 3 priorities for services was security, hospitality, and cleanliness, respectively. Lastly, the results of the study
revealed that the group of users staying in residential buildings around the hospital at present could be concluded that there is a people aged between 36–45 who come to stay around the hospital in advance before taking hospital services with 1-3 caregiver-stay together and each visit will most likely
stay for 1-3 days.