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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Limited availability of health resources

Limited availability of health resources

  • Inaccessible health resources
  • Inadequate health resources
  • Triage of health care supplies
  • Rationing of health services

Broader

Inadequate health services
Excellent
Limited access to society's resources
Presentable

Narrower

Lack of human organs for transplantation
Presentable
Insufficient medical supplies
Presentable
Inadequate medical facilities
Presentable
Limited availability of therapeutic substances of human origin
Yet to rate
Insufficient health personnel
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Lifestyle discrimination
Excellent
Refusal to provide medical treatment
Presentable
Massive avoidable ill-health
Presentable
Differences in disease incidence among countries
Presentable

Aggravated by

Prohibitive medical expenses
Presentable
Misallocation of resources in health services
Presentable
Maldistribution of medical resources
Presentable
Decline in government health expenditure
Yet to rate

Related

Inadequate evaluation of surgical procedures
Presentable

Strategy

Restricting availability of health resources
Yet to rate
Freeing up availability of health resources
Yet to rate

Value

Unavailability
Yet to rate
Scarcity
Yet to rate
Limitedness
Yet to rate
Inadequacy
Yet to rate
Inaccessibility
Yet to rate
Health
Yet to rate
Care
Yet to rate
Availability
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-being

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Subject
Content quality
Yet to rate
 Yet to rate
Language
English
Last update
Nov 3, 2022