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One of the early stages in developing a research project is to examine the available literature on your topic of interest and related topics. A literature review is a carefully crafted examination of credible literature relevant to your focus topic. Discovering what others have produced and organizing and synthesizing this information into a coherent picture will allow you to place your own research interests into the larger context. A literature review should not be a mere summary of your articles but instead should relate to how the literature supports your study’s focus.
To prepare for this Assignment, review this week’s Learning Resources, and conduct a literature search in the Walden Library for articles related to the “problem” or “phenomenon” you submitted as part of your Draft Business Problem Statement for your Week 8 Assignment in your previous course (DDBA 8161). Focus only on full-text scholarly or peer-reviewed articles or doctoral studies/dissertations. Narrow or broaden your results so that you have six (three quantitative and three qualitative) viable scholarly sources. Be sure to review Section 1.14 of the Doctoral Study Rubric and Research Handbook, provided in this week’s Required Readings, for further details of literature reviews and their requirements.
By Day 7
Submit a 4- to 5-page literature review in which you critically analyze and synthesize the six articles (three quantitative and three qualitative) related to your specific business problem. For each article, complete the following:
- Critical Analysis
- Identify the problem.
- Describe the major finding(s).
- Describe the strengths and weaknesses of the study.
- Synthesis
- Describe the placement of the research problem/phenomenon area.
- Explain the relationship of the study to existing literature.
Note: Be sure to use the APA Course Paper Template (6th ed.) to complete this Assignment. Also, refer to the Week 2 Assignment Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this rubric to assess your work.
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Reducing Hospital Stay Amid Increasing Demand for Healthcare: Qatar
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May 18, 2017
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Introduction
The current healthcare challenge in Qatar mirrors the case in many developing nations. The
challenge in questions pits high demand for healthcare services on one side and in adequate
healthcare resources to match such demand. This puts the population at risk because it means
that there will not be enough resources to meet healthcare needs for the population. This trend
creates challenges of dealing with mortality rates because the newborns as well as their
mother will be at risk. Additionally, the ageing population, which is increasing around the
world, will increase the demand for healthcare, which will also increase the challenge for
matching health care resources to healthcare needs of the population. One of the ways that
the policy makers in Qatar have proposed to deal with the challenge is to reduce the time of
stay in hospital. This literature review looks at three qualitative approaches and three
quantitative approaches of how limited healthcare resources can be applied to deal with
healthcare challenges.
Literature Review
Factors that Affect Healthcare Delivery
According to World Health Organization (2012), social factors are likely to affect
initiatives aimed at improving healthcare management. Similarly, political factors are also
likely to influence the outcome of efforts aimed at optimizing healthcare resources in a
situation where population needs are more. One of the challenges highlighted by World
Health Organization is understaffing (2012). Understaffing may hamper healthcare delivery
because it means there is not enough workforces to implement and execute approaches aimed
at improve healthcare delivery in healthcare facilities. This means that the objectives of an
approach aimed at employing resources optimally will not be achieved. The fact that lacks
people with adequate skills to deal with the increasing healthcare demands. One of the
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approaches proposed by World Healthcare Organization (2012) is to train workers kin
various healthcare fields for a short duration and then deploy these workers to tasks that they
have never perfo...