Quo vadis SANEPID? A cross-country analysis of public health reforms in 10 post-Soviet states

Health Policy

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-25

  Maier, Claudia B ^a   Martin Moreno, José M ^b  

^a EUROPEAN OBSERVATORY ON HEALTH SYSTEMS AND POLICIES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Post Soviet states; Public health; Reform; Sanitary epidemiological (san epid) system

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; REVIEW; SELF EVALUATION; USSR; VACCINATION;

ARMENIA; AZERBAIJAN; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; KAZAKHSTAN; KYRGYZSTAN; MOLDOVA; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; REPUBLIC OF BELARUS; SIBERIA; UKRAINE; UZBEKISTAN;

EID: 79960930511     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.08.025     Document Type: Review

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