Issues in the allocation of resources in the medical sector of developing countries: the Tunisian case
In the section I of his paper, the A. briefly examines the theoretical rationale for reliance on a medical referral system and describes its institutional form. In section II, he heuristically discusses the kinds of disequilibria that may arise
in such a system and the conditions required for optimality. In section III, he evaluates how well Tunisia's medical referral system satisfies theses conditions. Conclusion: Tunisia's medicalsystem-only partially justifies its current pattern of resource
Myth and reality in the availability of free medical care : the case of Poland
The institutional organization of the health care system is presented. Then the problem of availability of medical aid is discussed. Finally, an explanation of the existing situation is attempted.
Culturel ; Education ; Equipement collectif ; Equipement social ; Pologne ; Santé ; Système éducatif ; Warszawa
Collective facilities ; Cultural studies ; Education ; Education system ; Health ; Poland ; Social facilities ; Warsaw
The A. presents three basic components of the social infrastructure, i.e. educational system, cultural activities and medicalsystem, including problems concerning the functioning of the medical care and medical services during the period
Journey to asylum: a medical-geographical idea in historical context
Distance travelled ; England ; Health ; Historical geography ; Medical geography ; Medical services ; Nineteenth Century ; United Kingdom
This paper investigates a specific geographical idea (importance of distance-decay patterns in the utilisation of medical or mental health facilities) and the objective is to illuminate the historical-geographical contexts in which the idea
originated, was debated and was seen to break down. The paper examines contexts in nineteenth-century England, associated with the territorial structure of the public county asylum system.
Response time and its significance in medical emergencies
on the importance of response time and its clinical impact. Response time is confirmed as a determinant of patient outcome by the use of emergency medicalsystem in Seattle as a case study.
Geographers have been increasingly involved in emergency medical-services planning. Of particular importance has been the application of location-optimizing models that minimize ambulance-response time. There has been little research
Disease ; Epidemic ; Health ; Hospital facilities ; Medical geography ; Medical services ; Mental illness ; Research
for geography, the provision of hospital services and competition as a theme of geographical health system research, the geography of mental health, the concept of therapeutic landscapes, the new dimensions of medical tourism and the rebuilding and structure
Enquiry ; Health ; Informal sector ; Medical geography ; Medical services ; Service ; Young people ; Zimbabwe
Etude des systèmes de soins dispensés à domicile par des jeunes dans des quartiers pauvres de Harare (Zimbabwe). Enquêtes qualitatives avec de jeunes soignants et des informateurs clés.
Cultural geography ; Disease ; Folklore ; Health ; Human ecology ; Medical geography ; Medical service ; Social space
Wide-ranging treatment of the following themes as they relate to health and disease : culture systems, culture regions, cultural ecology, cultural evolution, cultural diffusion, folk and popular culture, language, social space, place and landscape
Accessibility ; Index ; Market area ; Medical services ; Service ; Spatial analysis ; United States
The A. presents an integrated approach to measure potential spatial access to health care services. The final index starts with an initial gravity formulation and progresses through successive stages. It is applied to the ambulatory medical care
A new inequality ? Privatisation, urban bias, migration and medical tourism
Asia ; Capitalism ; Commodification ; Equity ; Ethics ; Health ; Medical services ; Medical tourism ; Social justice
médical. Il s'agit d'un défi plutôt que d'une complémentarité pour la fourniture de services locaux de santé. Les systèmes de soins nationaux sont altérés, et des problèmes critiques d'économie nationale, d'éthique et de société sont soulevés.
Shifting subjects of health-care : placing medical tourism in the context of Malaysian domestic health-care reform
Citizenship ; Consumerism ; Ethics ; Health ; Malaysia ; Medical services ; Medical tourism ; Privatisation ; Social justice
Grille de lecture sur l'émegence du tourisme médical dans le contexte de réformes oeuvrant à la privatisation du système de soins, à l'aide de l'exemple malais. Il y a eu une mobilisation politique pour favoriser le tourisme médical à destination de
Health ; Health policy ; Locality ; Management ; Medical geography ; Medical services
The AA. begin with a discussion of the role of locality in health planning. Next they consider the limited literature in medical geography which has taken a more overtly theoretical perspective on the role of locality. They consider the extent
to which the disciplinary reawakening has penetrated the medical geographic consciousness.
Medical geography of cancer and diseases of the circulatory system in the counties of Antwerp and Sint-Niklaas (1969-1975)
Antwerp ; Belgium ; Cancer ; Cause of death ; Flanders ; Health ; Medical geography ; Morbidity ; Mortality ; Thematic mapping
La répartition géographique de la mortalité et de la morbidité due au cancer et de la mortalité due aux maladies du système circulatoire dans les 84 communes des arrondissements d'Anvers et de St-Nicolas a été étudiée pour la période 1969-75. Un
The changing geography of Higher Medical Education in the USSR, 1917-1985
Depuis 1917, le réseau des écoles de médecine est passé d'un système limité à la partie européenne du pays à un système largement dispersé sur tout le territoire national, sauf dans le Grand Nord. L'analyse des facteurs d'implantation des écoles
The Development of a spatial delivery system for emergency medicalsystem
Algorithme de Klastorin ; Coût ; Etats-Unis ; Géographie humaine ; Lieux centraux ; Localisation ; Optimisation ; Recherche opérationnelle ; Réseau ; Santé ; Service ; Service médical d'urgence ; Stabilité ; Système ; Texas
Etude de la réalisation d'un système de services médicaux d'urgence qui soit efficace, tenant compte des coûts directs pour le consommateur et des coûts indirects liés au bien-être de la population ainsi que les coûts nécessaires à sa mise en place
. Dans une optique spatiale, les théories des systèmes et des lieux centraux servent de base à cette analyse. Etablissement d'un réseau planifié pour 48 comtés contigus du Texas, et détermination des localisations primaires présentant un niveau de