Healthcare reform in Lithuania: Evaluation of changes in human resources and infrastructure

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 259-265

  Buivydiene, Jurgita ^a   Starkiene, Liudvika ^a   Smigelskas, Kastytis ^a  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Healthcare reform; healthcare services; human resources for health; primary healthcare

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; LITHUANIA; MANPOWER; NURSE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS;

HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77951883263     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494809357100     Document Type: Article

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