"The world economic crisis, without doubt, is negatively influencing demand for energy.
For some goods, the cost of transportation is nearly the same as the cost of the product, and it thus influences demand for both the product and its carriage.
A probit model was fitted to determine the socioeconomic factors that influence demand for abortion and post-abortion care.
Unobserved factors, which influence demand for each of the health inputs and outputs, are captured by ε, which encompass not only tastes but also innate healthiness and other individual characteristics.
Looking out to 2060 and beyond, developments which may influence demand for minerals include climate change mitigation and adaptation; energy, food and raw material security; and new construction, manufacturing, recycling and re-use technologies.
Supplier induced demand (SID) in the health care market refers to a situation in which the physician influences demand for his/her services in a way, according to the physician's interpretation, that is not in the best interest of the patient [1].
The factors influencing demand for and use of data are dependent on the local context and specific needs.
Based on the Canadian Institute for Health Information's Health Personnel Trends in Canada from 1993 to 2002 report, numerous factors have been suggested to influence demand for physiotherapy and occupational therapy services.
Each one of these strategies: changing product composition, influencing demand for, or regulating the availability of, food products, puts markets at risk.
This result merits further investigation, in particular whether availability of care in normal working hours influences demand for care out of hours, which is a time when many emergency admissions occur.
