A system to define and allocate health care resources on a territory to improve the life quality of the populations in developing countries.
Comput Biomed Res
; 30(5): 379-402, 1997 Oct.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9457439
ABSTRACT
In this paper the health resource allocation problem is discussed. An object-oriented system is proposed and its implemented prototype is illustrated. It consists of two parts a Geographical Information System, which is able to acquire and store both geographical and social-epidemiological information (including the resource distribution on that territory), and a Decision Support System, able to decide, using optimization algorithms, the new resource allocation in order to obtain a quasi-optimal solution for the cost/benefit ratio minimization problem, after having fixed the goal (e.g., the decrease of the incidence of a given disease) and constraints (e.g., a fixed budget, a given set of available resources, etc.). The object-oriented database which is part of the system can simulate and store different scenarios, depending on the different goals and constraints defined in input, by means of a user friendly interface.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Quality of Life
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Management Information Systems
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Health Care Rationing
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Developing Countries
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspects:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Implementation_research
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Patient_preference
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
America central
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Nicaragua
Language:
En
Journal:
Comput Biomed Res
Year:
1997
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Italy
Publication country:
EEUU
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ESTADOS UNIDOS
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ESTADOS UNIDOS DA AMERICA
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EUA
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UNITED STATES
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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US
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USA