"No one left abandoned": Cuba's national health system since the 1959 revolution

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 189-207

  De Vos, Pol ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; PUBLIC SERVICE; SERVICE PROVISION;

CUBA; FAMILY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW;

CUBA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DRUG INDUSTRY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 14644398598     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/M72R-DBKD-2XWV-HJWB     Document Type: Review

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