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Servicios Contratados , Administración Financiera , Área sin Atención Médica , Práctica Profesional/organización & administración , Salud Rural/organización & administración , Servicios de Salud Comunitaria/economía , Servicios de Salud Comunitaria/organización & administración , Economía Médica , Práctica Profesional/economía , Salud Rural/economía , Salarios y Beneficios , Estados UnidosAsunto(s)
Área sin Atención Médica , Atención Primaria de Salud/organización & administración , Salud Rural/organización & administración , Financiación Gubernamental , Administración de Instituciones de Salud , Necesidades y Demandas de Servicios de Salud , New York , Médicos/provisión & distribución , Programas Médicos Regionales/organización & administraciónRESUMEN
Physician recruitment problems and sudden population growth placed a severe strain on several New Hampshire communities until civic and hospital leaders pooled resources to develop combined emergency/outpatient satellites. Range of services, staffing, operations, financing, and impact of the satellites are discussed in detail.
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Servicios Médicos de Urgencia/organización & administración , Administración Hospitalaria , Hospitales Satélites/organización & administración , Salud Rural/organización & administración , Relaciones Comunidad-Institución , Hospitales con 300 a 499 Camas , New HampshireRESUMEN
A serious problem in rural areas is low occupancy for acute care hospital beds and a desperate need for additional long-term care beds. In Utah, this problem has been solved through the "swing bed" concept. Under this program, underutilized acute care beds can be used for long-term care patients. As a result, all beds are more fully utilized, and long-term care patients in rural areas do not have to be moved to cities.
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Hospitales Generales/economía , Salud Rural/economía , Anciano , Ocupación de Camas/economía , Cuidados Críticos/economía , Hospitales con 100 a 299 Camas , Hospitales Generales/estadística & datos numéricos , Humanos , Cuidados a Largo Plazo/economía , Salud Rural/organización & administración , UtahRESUMEN
Based on a case study of some aspects of Rockefeller and USAID intervention in the Cauca Valley, Colombia, this article is aimed at drawing attention to the political characteristics and inadequacies of U.S.-sponsored health care planning and research in the Third World, particularly as regards nutrition in rural regions of intensive economic development. By contrasting an historical analysis of the politicoeconomic development of agriculture and nutrition in the southern Cauca Valley with the assumptions guiding U.S. intervention in the health field there, a more complete picture of the causes of malnutrition is obtained, among which should be counted the intervention of the U.S. itself. Inter alia, other approaches to the malnutrition problem are suggested.