Understanding health care in the south Caucasus: Examples from Armenia

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7465, 2004, Pages 562-565

  Von Schoen Angerer, Tido ^a  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFIXIME;

ARMENIA; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT RIGHT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUACKERY; REVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ARMENIA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 4544282073     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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