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Oct. 5—Identifying healthcare needs and gaps and how various organizations can come together to solve those issues was the focus of Building the Basin, a Permian Basin Healthcare Workforce ...
Whereas roughly one in six primary care providers (58.4%) participate in any insurance network, only about one in four psychiatrists (42.7%) and less than one in two nonphysician mental healthcare ...
Healthcare workers are at risk for developing trauma or other stress-related disorders due to fears of falling ill and not knowing what will happen in the future. [30] Post-traumatic stress was common among health workers, with nurses demonstrating a higher likelihood of developing or having anxiety among others in the medical field. [31]
A needs assessment is a systematic process for determining and addressing needs, or "gaps", between current conditions, and desired conditions, or "wants". [1]Needs assessments can help improve policy or program decisions, individuals, education, training, organizations, communities, or products.
Health inequality is the term used in a number of countries to refer to those instances whereby the health of two demographic groups (not necessarily ethnic or racial groups) differs despite comparative access to health care services. Such examples include higher rates of morbidity and mortality for those in lower occupational classes than ...
A unified approach to closing the oral health care gap. Addressing the stark realities of oral health disparities sets the stage for identifying actionable solutions, such as improving global oral ...
Nations identified with critical shortages of health care workers. The World Health Organization (WHO) raised the profile of HHR as a global health concern with its landmark 2006 published estimate of a shortage of almost 4.3 million physicians, midwives, nurses and support workers to meet the Millennium Development Goals, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. [2]
Increasing or decreasing one results in changes to one or both of the other two. For example, a policy that increases access to health services would lower quality of health care and/or increase cost. The desired state of the triangle, high access and quality with low cost represents value in a health care system. [3]