La necesidad de una clínica pedriátrica en la ciudad de Cuenca, inversión factible para el cantón

Abstract

Based on the analysis of Art. 24 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in point 1 it determines: the child has the right to enjoy the highest possible level of health and to receive treatment for their illnesses, it must be ensured that no child is deprived health services; Similarly, the Constitution of the Republic, 2008 establishes: children and adolescents will receive priority and specialized attention in the public and private spheres. Therefore, it seeks to know the need for investment in a pediatric specialty clinic for the care of patients between 0 and 17 years of age and a business model is proposed for its implementation. The methodology used is non-experimental research with a cross-sectional design, the method is the analysis of documents related to the subject of study; Obtaining as a result the feasibility of the project, based on the Internal Rate of Return and the Net Present Value of two scientific articles with characteristics similar to what the research work intends, the same ones that were carried out in the provinces of Ecuador. Private clinics within Ecuadorian territory offer health services mainly internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics, emergency, intensive care, etc. However, there are very few clinics dedicated specifically to the care of children and adolescents