Title | ||
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Can you model growth of trust? A study of the sustainability of a rural community health centre in North India. |
Abstract | ||
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Trust in the service provided by any health facility is of vital importance to its sustainability, whether it is a community clinic in a rural area of a developing country or an international telemedicine service. Community health centres can be used as a means of delivering highly accessible, low-cost health service in the developing world. A major strategic issue for planners of such centres is the expected level of uptake of services throughout a region and its effect on sustainability of any facility. In this study of a clinic in rural north India, Monte Carlo simulation is used in modelling the spatio-temporal spread of usage of the service. Trust in the provider is built both through word-of-mouth contacts and previous development activities: our study contributes to the literature with a practical application of trust modelling. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2015 | 10.1057/jos.2014.31 | J. Simulation |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
discrete event simulation,simulation | Telemedicine,Simulation,Computer science,Developing country,Rural community,Community health,Health facility,Rural area,Management science,Sustainability,Discrete event simulation | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
9 | 2 | 1747-7786 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
3 | 0.39 | 8 |
Authors | ||
2 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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Honora K. Smith | 1 | 70 | 5.44 |
Paul R. Harper | 2 | 3 | 0.39 |