Hence, the share of health expenditure, the determinants of resources a country devotes to medical care, and the relationship between national income and national health care expenditures have drawn attention of health economists worldwide.
We derived a reaction diffusion population model accounting for two individual-scale processes determining resource utilisation: (1) resource perception as a determinant of mobility and (2) energy supply management as a determinant of survival.
One key to improving injury care efficiency is to generate knowledge on the determinants of resource use.
Body size or morphological characters indicative of body size are often critical determinants of resource use [ 12- 18].
According to our results, major determinants of resource use are programmed hospital admissions and visits, injuries and diseases of the musculo-skeletal system; new drug prescriptions (mainly non-APD drugs) are a common occurrence on the occasions of resource use.
Given that factors such as BMI and the others listed in Table 1 may be potentially important determinants of resource use and costs, they are accounted for in the multivariate statistical analysis that follows.
It was pointed out that differences in treatment pathways and social context seem to be major determinants of resource use, and the study cautioned against use of outcome variables as indicators of quality of stroke care.
Although there is therefore some evidence of benefit from donepezil on the major determinants of resource utilization, assessment of all areas points to the need for more robust data to confirm its impact.
Fundamental causes theory, for example, describes social conditions (e.g., socioeconomic position) as determinants of resource access and psychological and behavioral experience, shaping disease risk (Link and Phelan 1995).
Given this background and the continuing ageing of the population worldwide, it is necessary to explore determinants of resource use, such as the cost and length of stay (LOS) associated with various medical procedures, with a view to achieving a sustainable healthcare system.
