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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"healthcare demand"”.
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GIS-based analysis of spatial accessibility : an approach to determine public primary healthcare demand in metropolitan areas
… living environments. The provision of adequate healthcare services, particularly in metropolitan areas, is becoming more difficult because of three developments: slow economic growth; the rapid growth of metropolitan areas and their subsequent increases in population. It is thus a challenge to …
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Robots in Nursing - False Rhetoric or Future Reality?: How might robots contribute to hospital nursing in the future? A qualitative study of the perspectives of roboticists and nurses
… global nursing shortage coupled with a rising healthcare demand prompts consideration of technology as a potential solution. Technology in the form of robots is being developed for healthcare applications but the potential role in nursing has not been researched in the UK. Methods A …
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Exploring the application of Inclusive Design to the improvement of healthcare services
An ageing population is demanding more of healthcare services worldwide, particularly for long-term conditions. In the UK, the challenge of limited healthcare service resources and the influence of the Equality Act on services have increasingly led to the consideration of people’s access to …
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The experiences of unemployed physiotherapists after compulsory community service in Limpopo Province, South Africa
Background: In South Africa, healthcare professionals, including physiotherapists, must complete one year of community service before registering as independent practitioners. While the National Department of Health allocates these graduates to various provinces, it is the provinces' responsibility …
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The Price is Right: Examining Demand for Medical Care in the Presence of Deductibles
… the current price of care in the estimations of demand for medical services. However, given the typical structure of insurance contracts that include cost-sharing features such as deductibles, the price of medical care is not constant throughout the year and depends on past and future medical …
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Informing BPM practice in Emergency Units of South African hospitals for improved patient flow
Globally, higher healthcare demand strains existing systems, already overburdened by a lack of resources and funding while longer life expectancy and increased disease burden force higher patient loads. A majority of the South African population is medically uninsured and therefore depend on …
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Closing gaps in global access to biologic medicines : building tools to evaluate innovations in biomanufacturing
… system in order to meet future projected healthcare demand in terms of quantity, quality, and affordability. There is also growing uncertainty within the biopharmaceutical ecosystem as to the best use of resources, design of policies, and development of technologies that will have the most …
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Three essays on the economics of health insurance change, COVID and trust, and suicide with application to South Korea
… and outcomes. The first essay highlights the healthcare demand response to price schedule changes in Korea’s healthcare market-which runs universal health coverage. The second and third essays each examines the role of both social capital and human capital in mitigating different health …
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E-health reference framework for personalised information provision to promote sound lifestyles
In the present context of increased healthcare demand and costs, health maintenance by prevention is a major strategic objective of public health systems. Western societies increasingly suffer from lifestyle-related diseases triggered by an unbalanced diet, physical inactivity, smoking or alcohol …