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Sustainable Health Service Delivery

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Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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Bearable; Defensible; Health care; Justifiable; Maintainable; Social sustainability; Supportable; Sustainable; Workable

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Health service delivery is the process that facilitates the provision of health care and operates collaboratively with the whole chain of services inclusive of process from producer to the consumer through resilient infrastructure and promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization. It is inclusive of the building and maintenance of infrastructure to make it accessible to all people to use while continuing the industrialization process. Construction of built infrastructure through roads, airports, train lines, bus stops, wharves, bridges, and supply chain processes play significant roles in health service provision. All forms of transport as well as buildings in the form of hospitals are important to facilitate provision of health care enabling delivery of health services.

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  1. The University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

    Dora Kuir-Ayius

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  1. European School of Sustainability, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Amanda Lange Salvia

  5. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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  1. Industrial Engineering and Management, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology, Yliopistonkatu, Lappeenranta, Finland

    Usama Awan

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Kuir-Ayius, D. (2021). Sustainable Health Service Delivery. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (eds) Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71059-4_124-1

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