Search results for: Healthcare System Pressure (HCSP)

Developing a Conceptual Framework of Healthcare System Pressure

13 February 2024

…been used in a variety of contexts to describe the status of healthcare systems since long before the COVID-19 pandemic. However, a formal definition of healthcare system pressure (HCSP) is…

Sustainability

…the long-term efficacy of healthcare systems. By adopting sustainable practices, such as efficient resource utilization and preventive healthcare measures, healthcare systems can address current needs without depleting resources vital for…

An eye on sustainability at the Economist’s Future of Health Europe

30 October 2023

…healthcare sector. Again, the importance of prevention is clear when we consider that building resilience reduces the likelihood of an overburdened healthcare system in the face of some of the…

Mild Hypertension

1 November 1980

The risks from untreated high blood pressure at even mildly elevated levels are well documented in quantitative terms. American insurance companies have since the interwar years required a blood pressure…

Hypertension: a Suitable Case for Treatment?

1 October 1971

…forced around the body under pressure from the contractions of the heart. When the pressure in the arteries is consistently higher than normal (usually through increased resistance from the peripheral…

Foundation

…healthcare financing, provider compensation, healthcare policy impact, individual health behaviours, provider decision-making, and regulation of life sciences and healthcare markets. Additionally, health economics explores the determinants of health and evaluates…

The broader economic benefits of COVID-19 vaccination 

13 October 2025

…excluding population groups at risk of severe outcomes hinder the ambition to build resilient healthcare systems. A more explicit and systematic recognition of vaccines’ ability to mitigate pressure on healthcare…

A Prescription for Green Healthcare Delivery: Insights from an Expert Sustainability Webinar

19 July 2023

The impact of healthcare delivery on climate change As our planet faces an unprecedented threat from climate change, it’s time for us to rethink and redesign our healthcare systems to…

Green Healthcare: Are We Asking the Right Questions?

11 September 2024

…into climate adaptation strategies. Agency and headspace Beyond awareness of the issue, it is often unclear how individual clinicians and healthcare workers can mitigate this. Healthcare systems do not always…