Telemedicine and telepharmaceutical services : a model to improve maldistribution of medical resources between regions and urban/rural sectors in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Medical service ; Medicine ; Professional training ; Saudi Arabia ; Services ; Telecommunications ; Telematics
an implication on improving the competency of medical staff, and better utilization of medical resources.
Voluntarism, municipalism and welfare : the geography of hospital utilization in England in 1938
Accessibility ; England ; Historical geography ; Hospital facilities ; Local government ; Medical services ; Regional disparities ; Social policy ; United Kingdom ; Welfare ; Years 1930-39
The paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the pattern of hospital utilization prior the establishment of the NHS, showing the extent to which the probability of obtaining hospital treatment was a function of residence. Access to hospital care
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.
Hospital ; Ireland ; Management ; Medical services ; Model ; Service ; Simulation ; Spatial analysis ; Spatial variation
The AA. establish whether spatial variation exists in acute hospital utilization in Ireland and, if it does, to identify the microlevel factors influencing this variation. Using the calibrated data from the aforementioned spatial microsimulation
model, the AA. examine whether the spatial patterns of the variables found to influence hospital utilization match the spatial pattern of actual hospital utilization rates at the small area, electoral division level.
The determinants of primary health care utilization : a comparison of three rural clinics in Southern Honduras
Accessibility ; Honduras ; Household behaviour ; Medical services ; Model ; Research technique ; Rural area ; Social status ; Spatial differentiation ; Village
Physician proletarianization and medical care restructuring in Argentina and Uruguay
Argentina ; Medical doctor ; Medical service ; Medicine ; Occupation ; Professional qualifications ; Services ; Social reproduction ; Uruguay
The paper traces the loss of physician control over the conditions of their work since the turn of the century. Medical care in both countries has responded to the forces of ethnicity, class, and changing medical technology. The labor theory
Spatial differences in Hungarian medical tourism supply based on service providers’ online presence
Cooperation ; Health ; Hungary ; Internet ; Medical services ; Medical tourism ; Spatial differentiation ; Spatial distribution ; Supply ; Tourism
The paper presents the findings of an Internet-based research project that aims to explore the fundamental characteristics of medical tourism in Hungary. The key issues discussed in the framework of the analysis are the interrelationship
of healthcare and tourism on the one hand, and the spatial distribution of medical services and treatments on the other hand. - (AM)
Virtual medical geographies : conceptualizing telemedicine and regionalization
Ethics ; Health ; Medical geography ; Network ; Regionalization ; Technology ; Telemedicine ; Territoriality
The paper introduces a range of issues bound up with telemedicine and medical care regionalization and offers a geographical conceptualization of those issues through a synthesis of ideas from several literatures. It examines the formation
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.
Természeti adottsagaink orvosfoldrajzi vizsgalata A medical geographical investigation of the physical potentials of Hungary
The unique geographical endowments of the Carpathian basin. The number of mineral wells are estimated to be at 4000 and spas at 200. It describes their medical effects, too. - (DLO)
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
Germany ; Health ; Hessen ; Location ; Medical services ; Planning
The article shows the starting conditions of the ambulatory medical care as exemplified within different parts of Hessen. The currently used planning tools of control, especially with respect to its influence on the medical care situation
, are analyzed as well. The paper deals with ambulatory medical care, the medical infrastructure, the requirement planning, the location factor, the spatial planning and the regional development. - (IfL)
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 medical system-only partially justifies its current pattern of resource
Health ; Health policy ; Household behaviour ; Medical services ; Medicine ; Optimization ; Service ; Spatial economy ; Spatial equilibrium ; United States of America ; Utility fonction
British voluntary hospitals, 1871-1938 : the geography of provision and utilization
Eighteenth Century ; England and Wales ; Health ; Historical geography ; Hospital ; Medical services ; Nineteenth Century ; Regional disparities ; Scotland ; Spatial distribution ; Twentieth Century ; United Kingdom ; Welfare