Can you model growth of trust? A study of the sustainability of a rural community health centre in North India

Smith, H. K. and Harper, Paul Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7894-4907 2015. Can you model growth of trust? A study of the sustainability of a rural community health centre in North India. Journal of Simulation 9 (2) , pp. 170-181. 10.1057/jos.2014.31

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Mathematics
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Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
ISSN:	1747-7778
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Date of Acceptance:	23 October 2014
Last Modified:	05 May 2023 19:16
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/73314

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