Health Policy and Systems Research in Twelve Eastern Mediterranean Countries: A stocktaking of production and gaps (2000-2008)

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  El Jardali, Fadi ^a   Jamal, Diana ^a   Ataya, Nour ^a   Jaafar, Maha ^a   Raouf, Saned ^a   Matta, Claudia ^a   Michael, Saja ^a   Smith, Colette ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; EGYPT; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; JORDAN; LEBANON; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MOROCCO; OMAN; PALESTINE; PLANNING; SUDAN; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TUNISIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YEMEN;

EID: 80053548435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-9-39     Document Type: Article

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