Infinite Needs–Finite Resources: The Future of Healthcare

1994 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-98
Author(s):  
Richard D. Lamm
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Competitive Performance ◽  
Service Workers ◽  
The World ◽  
Social Tensions ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Developed Countries ◽  
Developed World

The single greatest challenge facing managers in the developed countries of the world is to raise the productivity of knowledge and service workers. This challenge, which will dominate the management agenda for the next several decades, will ultimately determine the competitive performance of companies. Even more important, it will determine the very fabric of society and the quality of life of every industrialized nation. … Unless this challenge is met, the developed world will face increasing social tensions, increasing polarization, increasing radicalization, possibly even class war.

scholarly journals The Challenges of Quality in Higher Education: Reviewed Book of Higher Education on the Horizon of 2030, by OCDE

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Mekki Saadallah
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
Illegal Immigration ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Private Investments ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Developed Countries ◽  
Quality In Higher Education

Most of the developed countries in the world care about quality and the guarantee of education because it is considered as the basic pillars of the efficacious human development. In light of the basic transformations of the higher education, the organization for economic cooperation and development (OECD) has issued a book in two parts entitled ”Higher Education in 2030”. The first part treats the theme of ”demography" and its impact on the future of the higher education in the context of two major indices; the aging of the European society and the growing of the ethnic diversity emerging from the regulated and illegal immigration. In the second part, the researchers expose the phenomenon of ”Globalization”, its manifestations and its effects on the higher education, especially those which are attached to private investments; to the establishment of the private universities; to the internationalization of the higher education and to its overtaking of the national and continental borders. The search presents the most important ideas and themes contained in the book for stimulating the interest about the future of the quality in the higher education and clarifying the approaches reached by the global research to improve the quality of training.

scholarly journals Exploration and Analysis on Incidences of Covid-19 on the Senior Peoples and TCM Management-60 Clinical Cases

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 01-05
Author(s):  
Dan Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Clinical Trial ◽  
Nursing Homes ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Individual Case ◽  
The West ◽  
The Developed Countries ◽  
Made In ◽  
Clinical Cases

Incidence and prevalence of infected Covid-19 are still rampant in the West and the most countries throughout world from 2020 to 2021. Although the incidence of infected Covid-19 in the developed countries has decreased down by the popular vaccination, it is still anxiety and worry to make more serious widespread from the variated coronavirus. It is a rigorous fact that there still are higher on the mortality to the seniors, special seniors who are resided at nursing homes. For seniors, the infected Coronavirus may product them a disastrous attack according to their pre-existing diseases, complication accompanied with Covid-19, and post-syndromes caused by Covid-19. Their Covid-19 may be more complex, more serious, harder to find a fast and effective therapies and easier to become to the post-syndromes which will make a bad influence to the quality of life in the rest of their life. TCM focuses to individual case, and pay attention more for their pre-existing diseases, complication with Covid-19, and possibility of post-syndrome’s production while some anti-coronavirus herbs are prescribed, so a more fixed prescription is made. In this clinical trial, the author classified 60 cases into two groups: over 45 years old as the observing group and under of 44 years old as the contrasted group, incidences on pre-existing diseases, complication and post-syndromes are observed separately; their results after treated by Chinese medical herbs are also observed. We recognize from these observation and analysis TCM treatment can significantly stabilized pre-existing diseases, treat complication together and prevent the post-syndromes’ occurrence while is treating to Coronavirus. TCM is a suitable treating choice to Senior with Covid-19.

From Township Tourism, Semigration, and Second-Home Tourism

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Unathi Sonwabile Henama
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
International Travel ◽  
Second Home ◽  
Global Tourism ◽  
The Developed Countries ◽  
Township Tourism ◽  
Developed World

Tourism is disproportionally important for African economies, considering that Africa receives less than 10% of the global tourism receipts. The majority of international travel occurs between the developed world, which means that the positive economic impacts of tourism are shared amongst the developed countries. Tourism has become the number one foreign exchange earner for many countries in Africa, diversifying the economy from either agriculture or mining. Tourism is developed with the intention that it will improve the quality-of-life and standard of living of the local community. The tourism industry has shown sustained growth, and it is regarded as a panacea for the plethora of challenges facing many countries. The structural challenges that face the economy in South Africa require an economic sector that can create immediate employment and catalyse the economy.

A World Food Action Program

Worldview ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 26-29
Author(s):  
Hubert H. Humphrey
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Action Program ◽  
World Food ◽  
Economic Stability ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Developed Countries

We have been waging a battle to improve the quality of life in the developing world for twenty-five years. Today this battle is being lost. As the world's military powers seek to reduce the risks of nuclear holocaust, new dangers to political and economic stability have arisen.The threat of widespread famine is on the increase. Fertilizer shortages grow, and the affluent continue to consume a disproportionate amount of the world's food resources. Worldwide inflation continues to take a heavy toll on the developing and the developed countries alike. This erodes political stability and depletes what little hard currency the poor nations have amassed.

scholarly journals Geoffrey: An Automated Schedule System on a Social Robot for the Intellectually Challenged

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edmanuel Cruz ◽  
Félix Escalona ◽  
Zuria Bauer ◽  
Miguel Cazorla ◽  
José García-Rodríguez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Social Robot ◽  
Learning Techniques ◽  
Schedule System ◽  
Accelerated Growth ◽  
The Developed Countries ◽  
Elder People ◽  
Do So

The accelerated growth of the percentage of elder people and persons with brain injury-related conditions and who are intellectually challenged are some of the main concerns of the developed countries. These persons often require special cares and even almost permanent overseers that help them to carry out diary tasks. With this issue in mind, we propose an automated schedule system which is deployed on a social robot. The robot keeps track of the tasks that the patient has to fulfill in a diary basis. When a task is triggered, the robot guides the patient through its completion. The system is also able to detect if the steps are being properly carried out or not, issuing alerts in that case. To do so, an ensemble of deep learning techniques is used. The schedule is customizable by the carers and authorized relatives. Our system could enhance the quality of life of the patients and improve their self-autonomy. The experimentation, which was supervised by the ADACEA foundation, validates the achievement of these goals.

scholarly journals Remittances and Quality of Life of Emigrant Families in Kerala

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (02) ◽  
Author(s):  
RUKSANA. M.M. ◽  
Dr. K. GANGADHARAN
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Survey Report ◽  
The People ◽  
Unskilled Labour ◽  
The Developed Countries ◽  
The Impact

International migration has an important role in the economic development of every economy.In Kerala, most of the people prefer to emigrate for skilled and unskilled labour to the developed countries to improve the living standards oftheir families.According to Kerala Migration Survey Report, forevery 100 households in the state, there were 29.3 emigrants in 2014and the number of emigrants has increased graduallyover the years, from13.6 lakhs in 1998 to 24.0 lakhs in 2014.Kerala is receiving an increasing amount of money from abroad as workers’ remittances and total remittancesto Kerala in 2014 was estimated to be Rs71,142 crores.Remittances per household were Rs 86,843 in 2014 compared to Rs. 63,315 in 2011 and Rs. 57,227 in2008.The present study is to find out trend and growthof household remittance in Kerala and to analyze the impact of these remittance to the living standards of emigrant families.

scholarly journals A Study on Customer Perception of Medical Tourism in Puducherry

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-75
Author(s):  
C Shanthi Marie ◽  
Sampad Kumar Swain
Keyword(s):  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Medical Treatments ◽  
Customer Perception ◽  
Private Healthcare ◽  
The World ◽  
The Developed Countries ◽  
Union Territory

Medical tourism is the latest trend happening in many countries of the world where tourists in need of medical treatments from the developed countries approach the developing countries imparting treatments at par with the quality of their home countries.  Among the countries practicing medical tourism, India is occupying one of the top positions with respect to the quality treatments as most of the states have recognized its significance.  This study aims at studying the customer perception of medical tourism in the union territory of Puducherry.  The units of the study are the international medical tourists who sought medical treatments in the private healthcare hospitals of Puducherry. The methodology used for the study is descriptive, analytical and inferential. Factor Analysis, T-test and ANOVA are the tools utilized for analyzing the primary data. The study reveals that the facilities provided to foreign patients are customer oriented. The satisfaction level of patients regarding the staff interaction, facilities and amenities and treatment are high. But, there is some need of improvement in the case of formalities and tourism part.  The efficiency of the doctors, their personal touch, their communication skills, the facilities and amenities of the hospitals contributes to the cutting edge experience by the medical tourists. One important drawback is the lack of international accreditation which needs utmost ground work. The study finally suggests strategies for motivating the medical tourists undertaking healthcare treatments in Puducherry. 

The Growth of the Engineering Profession: Statistics and Conjecture

1972 ◽  
Vol 186 (1) ◽  
pp. 269-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. J. Kastner
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
Western World ◽  
Engineering Profession ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Developed Countries ◽  
Manpower Needs

The Engineering Profession in the developed countries has greatly increased in numerical strength in recent years but the future pattern is not clear and forecasts of manpower needs in industry are unreliable. Nevertheless, statistics indicate that the United States has, relative to the industrial population as a whole, a clear advantage in technological manpower in the Western World though Russia may, perhaps, be even stronger. The difficulty of evaluating the evidence is stressed. In the world as a whole international co-operation tends to reduce the inequalities of distribution but an enormous task lies before the developing countries which need to produce and retain many more engineers.

scholarly journals Analysis of the relationship between the level of corruption, economic growth and the quality of life of the population (on the example of individual countries of the world)

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 178-187
Author(s):  
I. E. Digel ◽  
Zh. G. Imangali ◽  
E. I. Borisova
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Statistical Research ◽  
The World ◽  
The Relationship

The difficulty of conducting an empirical assessment of the true extent of corruption, caused by the lack of the necessary data, has contributed to the emergence of a new round of research focusing on the study of the influence of various factors on corruption. At the same time, such studies are distinguished by a variety of approaches to the choice of indicators and objects of study, as well as by the difference, and sometimes contradictory conclusions. These circumstances actualize the research topic. The purpose of the article to determine the relationship between corruption, economic growth and the quality of life of the population in five countries of the world, representing different parts of the world and geo-economics regions. The hypothesis of the study is the assertion that for developed countries the correlation between perceptions of corruption and indicators will be lower than for developing countries. The objects of research are Kazakhstan, Russia, Germany, USA and Finland. The subject of the research the relationship between the level of corruption, economic growth and the quality of life of the population. The study uses statistical research methods. The initial data of the study were the reports of Transparency International on the Corruption Perceptions Index, UNDP on the Human Development Index, as well as official data from the state statistical services of the countries in question.In the course of the work, the boundaries of the interpretation of the term “corruption” were determined, the relevance of the study of the relationship between corruption, GDP per capita and the quality of life was briefly described, and a correlation analysis was carried out between the indicators. The results of the study represent conclusions about the quality and strength of the relationship between corruption, economic growth and the quality of life of the population. The scientific contribution of the research is to substantiate possible directions for improving research to establish the relationship between corruption and other socio-economic indicators. The practical significance of the study lies in the presentation of the evidence base for the fact that the relationship of the studied indicators may be different in different countries. The direction for future research is the possibility of using the assessment methodology for other groups of countries.

Prevalence of depression in patients with cancer in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2019 ◽  
pp. bmjspcare-2018-001724 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aidin Aryankhesal ◽  
Ahmad Ghashghaee ◽  
Elnaz Sardari ◽  
Sara Mahmoudi ◽  
Samira Alihosseini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Patients With Cancer ◽  
Prevalence Of Depression ◽  
The Developed Countries ◽  
Integrated Study

IntroductionIt is generally accepted that depression, affecting the quality of life, is a serious and common complication in patients with cancer. Given that there is no integrated study on this topic in Iran, the present study sought to investigate the prevalence of depression in patients with cancer by a systematic review and meta-analysis.MethodsTo meet the study objectives, all English and Persian papers published from 2000 to January 2018 were systematically collected and the data were extracted for analysis.ResultsThere were 14 studies which were selected on the basis of the inclusion and exclusion criteria. A total number of 2831 patients with cancer had participated in the studies. The prevalence of depression among Iranian patients with cancer was 35% (95% CI 16% to 70%) based on random effects model. Among various types of cancer, the highest prevalence of depression appeared to patients suffering from breast cancer.ConclusionThe prevalence of depression among patients with cancer in Iran was higher than the developed countries. As depression affects the quality of life of patients with cancer, the results can help policymakers and service providers in planning to reduce the prevalence of depression.

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