A Systematic Literature Review on Healthcare Facility Evaluation Methods

Area of Science:

• Healthcare Design
• Building Performance Evaluation
• Architectural Research

Background:

• Systematic literature review on predesign evaluation (PDE), postoccupancy evaluation (POE), and evidence-based design (EBD).
• Aims to delimit concepts, relationships, and applications within the building life cycle.
• Addresses the need for common understanding and identification of gaps in these critical areas.

Approach:

• Utilized Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) protocol.
• Searched Scopus and Web of Science databases up to December 2021.
• Included texts presenting concepts, methods, or tools in healthcare and other environments, excluding unrelated or duplicated reports.

Key Points:

• Identified 799 reports, selecting 53 relevant records after rigorous screening.
• Extracted concepts, relationships, and frameworks from the selected literature.
• Results show a consistent understanding of POE and EBD, contrasted with a diffuse understanding of PDE.

Conclusions:

• Proposes a summary of the three concepts and two frameworks for building assessment.
• Contextualizes framework application in specific research areas.
• Recommends detailed adjustments for classifying building assessment methods, procedures, and tools.