Organizing health care within political turmoil: The Palestinian case

International Journal of Health Planning and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-87

  Hamdan, Motasem ^a,b   Defever, Mia ^a   Abdeen, Ziad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Financing; Health care delivery; Health care system; Political turmoil; The Palestinian Territories; Transition

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL PROVISION; HEALTH CARE; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLITICAL CONFLICT;

ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALESTINE; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE;

ARABS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MIDDLE EAST; POLITICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

PALESTINE;

EID: 0037237444     PISSN: 07496753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hpm.691     Document Type: Article

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