Sentences with phrase «doctor patient ratio»

I'm told that Ghana's doctor patient ratio is approximately one doctor to 8,000 patients.

«Our doctor patient ratio is even more lump sided when you get to the rural and deprived areas of our country.

Not exact matches

The population of patients overwhelms the population of available doctors, hence, the available doctors are overworked while some patients die or face critical conditions while waiting in long hospital queues to meet with a doctor.The World Economic Forum has suggested that it would take economically developing countries 300 years with the existing infrastructure to achieve the same doctor to patient ratio that exist in many western countries.

In the past, doctors have relied mostly on two biomarkers — urinary albumin to creatinine ratio (ACR) and estimated glomerular filtration rate — to identify those at higher risk of kidney failure and also to select patients for clinical trials.

Now the importance of maintaining a healthy hip to waist ratio is being emphasised on account of a new study, with doctors urging patients to «see your doctor if your waist is bigger than your hips».

Then we have the tests more frequently used by integrative doctors or naturopaths — these tend to look at the ratios of various hormones and neurotransmitters, in order to get a better idea of how a patient is feeling.

VMSG is staffed with the highest nurse - to - patient ratio possible, and boasts board - certified specialists, staff doctors with advanced training, highly qualified intern doctors, and accomplished paraprofessionals.

Our model allows us to practice medicine the way it should be practiced: by recruiting focused physicians and reducing their doctor - to - patient ratios, we increase patients time during each monthly appointment and help foster stronger doctor - patient relationships.