Economic crisis and access to care: Cuba's health care system since the collapse of the Soviet Union

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 797-816

  Nayeri, Kamran ^a   López Pardo, Cándido M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; POST-COMMUNISM;

ARTICLE; CUBA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MARKET; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; USSR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUDGETS; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUBA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; USSR;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES;

EID: 27844561562     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: 15414469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/C1QG-6Y0X-CJJA-863H     Document Type: Article

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