The carbon footprint of the Chinese health-care system: an environmentally extended input–output and structural path analysis study

Usage of the economic analysis in the study of the performance of health care system does not surprise anyone nowadays. Trends that are drawn over the years fluctuate from the technology assessment of health programs – in terms of efficiency, costs or utility for patients, through methods to establishing copayment for health services and the demand for medical services. Much of the interest is devoted to analysis of the shape of the health care system: the amount of contributions to the National Health Fund, the managing the system, both at the micro and macro level, or restructuring. Any method that allows to show dependencies, identify weaknesses/strengths of the health care system is appreciated by health policy makers. The aim of this article is an attempt of the use of models of input-output type in the analysis of the performance of the health care sector in Poland. The construction of input-output model is based on the observed data for the specified, variously defined area – it may concern: country, region, municipality, etc., hence with the appropriate designed database, it may be possible to examine the flow of health benefits – for example, expressed in zlotys. Part of the article is dedicated to theoretical aspects of the input-output models and the problems this usage can cause.

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Economic complexity as network complication: Multiregional input-output structural path analysis

The Annals of Regional Science ◽

10.1007/s001680050081 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 32 (3) ◽

pp. 407-436 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

Michael Sonis ◽

Geoffrey J. D. Hewings

Keyword(s):

Path Analysis ◽

Input Output ◽

Economic Complexity ◽

Structural Path Analysis ◽

Structural Path

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Sustainable Smart Cities and Industrial Ecosystem: Structural and Relational Changes of the Smart City Industries in Korea

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13179917 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (17) ◽

pp. 9917

Author(s):

Sung-Su Jo ◽

Hoon Han ◽

Yountaik Leem ◽

Sang-Ho Lee

Keyword(s):

Path Analysis ◽

Smart Cities ◽

High Tech ◽

It Services ◽

Input Output ◽

Smart Vehicles ◽

Industrial Ecosystem ◽

Structural Path Analysis ◽

Structural Path ◽

Knowledge Services

This paper examines the changing industrial ecosystem of smart cities in Korea using both input–output and structural path analysis from 1960 to 2015. The industry type of the input–output tables used in the Bank of Korea was reclassified into nine categories: Agriculture and Mining, Traditional Manufacturing, IT Manufacturing, Construction, Energy, IT Services, Knowledge Services, Traditional Services and other unclassified. The paper identified the changing patterns of an industrial ecosystem of smart cities in Korea. The study found that smart industries such as smart buildings and smart vehicles are anchor industries in Korean smart cities, and they are positively correlated with three other industries: IT Manufacturing, IT Services and Knowledge Services. The results of the input–output and structural path analysis show that the conventional industrial structure of labor-intensive manufacturing and diesel and petroleum cars has been transformed to the emerging high-tech industries and services in smart cities. Smart industries such as IT Manufacturing, IT Services and Knowledge Services have led to sustainable national economic growth, with greater value-added than other industries. The underlying demand for smart industries in Korea is rapidly growing, suggesting that other industries will seek further informatization, automatization and smartification. Consequently, smart industries are emerging as anchor industries which create value chains of new industries, serving as accelerators or incubators, for the development of other industries.

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Structural path analysis of India's carbon emissions using input-output and social accounting matrix frameworks

Energy Economics ◽

10.1016/j.eneco.2018.10.029 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 76 ◽

pp. 457-469 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Yingzhu Li ◽

Bin Su ◽

Shyamasree Dasgupta

Keyword(s):

Path Analysis ◽

Carbon Emissions ◽

Social Accounting Matrix ◽

Input Output ◽

Social Accounting ◽

Structural Path Analysis ◽

Structural Path

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Teletinnitus Program at the VA Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System

Perspectives on Telepractice ◽

10.1044/teles4.1.23 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 23-29

Author(s):

Constance Hilory Tomberlin

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Patient Satisfaction ◽

Patient Care ◽

Health Care System ◽

Gulf Coast ◽

New Technology ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Veterans Health ◽

Potential Benefits ◽

Care System

There are a multitude of reasons that a teletinnitus program can be beneficial, not only to the patients, but also within the hospital and audiology department. The ability to use technology for the purpose of tinnitus management allows for improved appointment access for all patients, especially those who live at a distance, has been shown to be more cost effective when the patients travel is otherwise monetarily compensated, and allows for multiple patient's to be seen in the same time slots, allowing for greater access to the clinic for the patients wishing to be seen in-house. There is also the patient's excitement in being part of a new technology-based program. The Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System (GCVHCS) saw the potential benefits of incorporating a teletinnitus program and began implementation in 2013. There were a few hurdles to work through during the beginning organizational process and the initial execution of the program. Since the establishment of the Teletinnitus program, the GCVHCS has seen an enhancement in patient care, reduction in travel compensation, improvement in clinic utilization, clinic availability, the genuine excitement of the use of a new healthcare media amongst staff and patients, and overall patient satisfaction.

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