Stock levels of non-drugs were reported to be diminishing frequently in some of the hospitals due to high utilisation rate.
Studies have shown that the lifetime of medical equipment will be prolonged by up to 50% if it is not utilised often compared with institutions with high utilisation rates of the equipment.
In theory, the giant hire firms are well-placed to operate the car-club model: conventional rentals peak during the week, whereas club-car use peaks at weekends, so they can achieve high utilisation rates by shifting cars between the two services.Car clubs and other forms of sharing are proving especially attractive to young drivers.
Several US based studies show lower utilisation rates of ambulatory care and up to 5 times higher utilisation rates of acute hospital-based care and emergency care in the homeless population compared to the US average [ 6, 16, 20].
Although not statistically significant, the higher utilisation rates for gynaecology among foreign-born women was probably related to their higher fertility rates [ 34] and lower use of primary care gynaecologists (public and private) and antenatal care programs.
Existing studies (mainly from the UK and the US) describe higher utilisation rates for hospital-based care and emergency care, and lower rates for primary care by homeless people compared to the general population.
The lower appointment rate in older patients contrasts with previous studies which have found older patients have higher utilisation rates [ 39], and may be a reflection of the particular characteristics of this patient cohort.
Existing studies concerning the health care use of homeless people describe higher utilisation rates for hospital-based care and emergency care, and lower rates for primary care by homeless people compared to the general population.
We do not know whether high utilisation rates of the PAR were sustained after the withdrawal of feedback and it may be that some supervision or oversight of the process is required on a continuous basis.
17 19 25–27 Despite high utilisation rates, health services offered by private drug shops in Uganda are entirely unsupervised; there are no minimum standards for training, no opportunities for upgrading skills and no data management requirements.
Participants were randomly selected from the list of voucher recipients and beneficiaries at health centres, the non-user group from health centres with low utilisation rates of vouchers for delivery and the user group from health centres with high utilisation rates of vouchers.
