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In this scenario, competitive pressures between organizations are already high, and many organizations are already directly competing for scarce resources.
According to classical trade theory, factors of production should migrate from where they are relatively plentiful to where they are relatively scarce.
The data on family life in these entries is scarce and inconsistent, and they should be excluded from the analysis.
Presumably, 'small ' needs for care are handled primarily by the family, probably more so when services are scarce.
Multiple infections are generally scarce and patchy in spatial distribution.
Departmental managers are required to address the needs of the patient and the complex requirements of the service, whilst being accountable for scarce resources.
Intuitively, one would expect that a new source of biomass would be most demanded where biomass is scarce.
The scarce gold equilibrium encourages the use of bank-issued bills of exchange in gold as an alternative to trade in gold.
The employees who worked in state ®rms and shops, and who had access to scarce goods, fuelled the black market.
Moroever, this would provide a framework within which scarce investment resources could be directed with more discerning priorities to infrastructural improvement.
How far did professional pharmacists and veterinary specialists, as well as medical students, substitute for trained physicians when these were scarce or absent ?
Multiple roles may nevertheless influence psychological distress among particular subgroups, for example those with scarce resources such as lone parents or those on low incomes.
Under the blistering heat, the long marches could be exhausting and water was a scarce commodity.
Selecting candidates for liver transplantation: a medical ethics perspective on the allocation of a scarce and rationed resource.
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