Assessing expressive vocabulary in three-year-old children using two elicitation methods

"A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Science (Speech and Hearing Sciences), The University of Hong Kong, June 30, 2009."Thesis (B.Sc)--University of Hong Kong, 2009.Includes bibliographical references (p. 28-29).published_or_final_versionSpeech and Hearing SciencesBachelorBachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Science

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Application of cluster analysis to identify sources of particulate matter in Hong Kong

published_or_final_versionEnvironmental ManagementMasterMaster of Science in Environmental Managemen

Translating the evidence of fall prevention into practice for Hong Kong residential care homes with a multifactorial approach

published_or_final_versionNursing StudiesMasterMaster of Nursin

Reciprocal interaction analysis of juvenile delinquency and its implications for development of a new intervention model

published_or_final_versionSocial Work and Social AdministrationDoctoralDoctor of Philosoph

An Analysis of Service Innovation in the Health Care Industry

本論文的主題為探討醫療保健產業中的價值鏈，及構成其價值鏈中的不同要素所扮演何種角色。此研究透過醫療保險制度在不同的國家中的同質性及其差異點之分析，來凸顯標準化之重要性。電子病歷(EMR)更是扮演著醫療服務創新的重要推手。本文也將研討醫療服務創新中最成功的典範 -- 醫療旅遊; 以泰國及印度這兩個國家為例，從中分析醫療旅遊的成功因素。研究結論則指出產業中的標準化將扮演價值鏈發展進化中最重要的角色，其重要性也影響著未來醫療旅遊在各個國家中的發展。This thesis deals with Value chain of Health care Industry and its various components in the value chain. What are the standardization done till date. What are the various Health care plans in different countries and how they are related to health care insurance? From technology point of view what is Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and how the technology can use to boost future businesses with focus on Service innovation. With Health care Service innovation using several models in place, Medical Tourism is explored and what have other countries done and what has made two countries popular in this field, namely Thailand and relatively new entrant India. How standardization plays an important role throughout the value chain thus improving Medical Tourism ultimately.ACKNOWLEDGMENT iiiBSTRACT ivhapter 1 – INTRODUCTION 1.1 Motivation 1.2 Objectives 3.3 Research Methodology 3hapter 2 – LITERATURE REVIEW OF VALUE CHAIN OF HEALTH CARE 4.1 Health care 5.2 Innovation in Health care 6.3 Health care systems in various countries and role of governments 8.4 Coordination between players within the value chain and role of agency 11.5 Electronic Medical Records, Service innovations and Medical Tourism 12hapter 3 – VALUE CHAIN IN HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY 16.1 Value Chain – Michael Porter 16.2 The Extended Enterprise 19.3 Objectives of Value Chain 22.4 Supply Chain 24 3.4.1 Health care Supply Chain 25 3.4.1.1 Disaster Recovery 25 3.4.1.2 Supply Chain Integrity 26 3.4.1.3 Network Complexities 26 3.4.1.4 Disintermediation 27 3.4.1.5 Value Visibility 29.5 Health care systems 32 3.5.1 Characteristic of health care 32 3.5.2 Various Health care models 33 3.5.3 Health care plan in different countries 33.6 Health Insurance 40 3.6.1 Health Insurance Policy 41 3.6.2 Health Insurance Plan and Rates 42 3.6.3 Growth in Demand 45 3.6.4 Medicare and Medicaid in US 46 3.6.5 Expenditure of Medicare and Medicaid 47.7 Electronic Medical Record – EMR 48 3.7.1 EMR / EHR in use 52 3.7.2 Barriers to adopt and implement EMR / EHR 52hapter 4 – STANDARDIZATION OF VALUE CHAIN 56.1 Product Information Management (PIM) 58.2 Adoption of Industry-wide standardization 59.3 Health care Standardization Plan from Governments worldwide 62.4 Patient empowerment and technology advancement 62.5 Towards standardization 63hapter 5 – SERVICE INNOVATION IN HEALTH CARE 67.1 Service innovation models 68 5.1.1 Areas of Innovation - den Hertog’s Model 69 5.1.2 Miles’ approach 70.2 Medical Tourism 76 5.2.1 Introduction and Benefits 76 5.2.2 Role of Standardization and Service Innovation in Medical Tourism 79 5.2.3 Process in Medical Tourism 80 5.2.4 Medical Tourism in various countries 81hapter 6 – CONCLUSIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND FUTURE TRENDS 87.1 Conclusions and Future implications of the value chain 87.2 Recommendations 91.3 Limitations and Future research 9

The application of Bandura's reciprocal-interactional model in a studyof physical child abuse cases in Hong Kong: an exploration

published_or_final_versionSocial WorkMasterMaster of Social Science

<Reports of the Research Projects>Annotated Translation of Wenshi tongyi 文史通義, vol. 4, Being a Report of the Research Project on Wenshi tongyi

本稿は、章學誠『文史通義』內篇四（卷四）の譯注である。前稿「『文史通義』內篇三譯注」(『東方學報』京都、第九五册、二〇二〇年）の續きである