The impact of health system governance and policy processes on health services in Iraqi Kurdistan

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Tawfik Shukor, Ali ^a   Khoshnaw, Hiro ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CHOLERA; COMMUNITY CARE; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; IRAQ; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 77953125344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-10-14     Document Type: Review

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