Urology Associates (UA), a group practice, is seeking expansion of its
services to other regions. A health care analyst evaluated six factors to
be considered by UA for three locations, as shown in Table EX 4.5.
Location
Factor Weight I II III
Access 0.15 80 70 60
Parking 0.25 90 76 72
Building 0.15 88 90 89
Population Density 0.25 94 94 80
Operating Costs 0.10 98 90 82
Proximity of Other Health Care Offices 0.10 96 75 75
Factor scores are based on 0 to 100 points.
Determine the new UA location based on the composite factor scores of
the three possibilities
