Given the complexity of the health care environment and the threats to patient safety and quality care, collaboration with other members of the health care team is vital. Fortunately, there are many organizations investing significant time in providing helpful resources and recommendations.
Impact on Japan's Economy. The Triple Disaster devastated Japan's economy in four ways. First, it destroyed 138,000 buildings and cost $360 billion in economic damage. This is more than the $250 billion cost estimate for Hurricane Katrina.
People gather near cracks in a road caused by an earthquake in Bhaktapur, Nepal, April 26, 2015. The economic impact from Saturday's magnitude-7.8 quake could be as much as $10 billion.Reuters. Even before Saturdayâs massive earthquake in Nepal, the Himalayan country wedged between India and China was faltering.ourism as a share of the countryâs economic activity more than doubled last year, to about $677 million, rapidly approaching 10 percent of the countryâs GDP. Most of Nepalâs tourists come from China and India, who flock to the countryâs religious temples.