Weaknesses and Challenges of Primary Healthcare System in Iran: A Review

International Journal of Health Planning and Management

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Moghadam, Mahmoud Nekoei ^a   Sadeghi, Vahideh ^a   Parva, Sahar ^a  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Challenges; Health system; Iran; Primary healthcare; Weaknesses

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH CARE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; IRAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW; STANDARD;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; IRAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

IRAN;

EID: 84861892841     PISSN: 07496753     EISSN: 10991751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hpm.1105     Document Type: Review

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