Cuba's health system: Challenges ahead

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 288-290

  De Vos, Pol ^a   De Ceukelaire, Wim ^b   Bonet, Mariano ^c   Van Der Stuyft, Patrick ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b INTAL   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE HIGIENE   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Ageing; Health services; International cooperation; National health policy

Indexed keywords

CUBA; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NOTE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; CUBA; FORECASTING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 45849119002     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czn010     Document Type: Note

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