How many doctors should Sri Lanka have?

How many doctors should Sri Lanka have?

How many patients? How many doctors?

O ne of the fastest growing fields in medicine is the care of adults with congenital heart disease (adult CHD or ACHD). This is mainly a consequence of much longer survival due to advances in pediatric cardiology, interven-tional catheterization, cardiac surgery, and intensive care. Fifty years ago we could diagnose most forms of moderate and severe CHD, but some anomalies were untreatable and ...

How E-Ready is E-Sri Lanka?

S First, this paper assesses e-readiness of Sri Lanka using a measuring tool that utilizes 52 socio-economic indicators. Second, based on the assessment, this paper suggests methods for improving e-readiness of Sri Lanka. The uniqueness of this paper lies in the quantitative analysis of the e-readiness of Sri Lanka, whereas many other works engage in qualitative exposure.

How many doctors are enough?

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is a country with an approximate area of 66 thousand square kilometers (UNO, 2008). The population is 20,409,946 and the sex ratio (men per hundred women) is 98 (UNO, 2009). The proportion of the population under the age of 18 years is 28% and the proportion above age 60 is 8% (UNO, 2009). The literacy rate is 97% for men and 99% for women (UN Statistics, 2008). The life expectancy at...