The current state of health care in the former Soviet Union: Implications for health care policy and reform

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 307-312

  Barr, Donald A ^a,c   Field, Mark G ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG MANUFACTURE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL FEE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; USSR;

EID: 0030003534     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.3.307     Document Type: Review

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