The Armenian healthcare system: Recent changes and challenges

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 183-190

  Torosyan, Arsen ^a   Romaniuk, Piotr ^b   Krajewski Siuda, Krzysztof ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Armenia; Healthcare reforms; Healthcare system; Post communist countries

Indexed keywords

ARMENIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; REVIEW;

EID: 44149091895     PISSN: 09431853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10389-007-0160-y     Document Type: Review

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