Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm
Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm
ISBN: 978-0-231-18598-1
Verlag: COLUMBIA UNIV PR
The physicians and experts Prabhjot Singh and Raj Panjabi outline a transformative approach to delivering services in remote areas and show how it can revolutionize access to care. The targets of these efforts include the United States, where rural and remote communities across the country struggle to stay healthy. Building on years of experience working in last-mile settings, Singh and Panjabi explain how rural communities are taking the lead in designing a new generation of technology-enabled and people-powered health-care systems. Complementing the conventional hospital-centric system, remote areas can implement a “microgrid”: providing care in clinics and homes, with locals as staff, using portable off-grid materials, backed by an integrated system that helps all these pieces work together. The microgrid model can transform rural health, and it also offers a way to address growing health inequality in urban areas. Giving vivid firsthand examples from places as diverse as Liberia and Alaska, Rwanda and New Mexico, Mali and Brazil, The Last Mile is a powerful portrait of the innovations that will challenge—and change—how primary health care is designed and delivered everywhere.
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- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizin, Gesundheit: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Gesundheitswirtschaft
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik