Health care reforms in Bulgaria: An initial appraisal

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1501-1510

  Borissov, Vesselin ^a   Rathwell, Tom ^b,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Health care reforms; Strategy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BULGARIA; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE REFORM; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL POLICY;

BULGARIA;

EID: 0029662373     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00267-7     Document Type: Article

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