Health services in Iraq

The Lancet

Volumn 381, Issue 9870, 2013, Pages 939-948

  Al Hilfi, Thamer Kadum ^a   Lafta, Riyadh ^b   Burnham, Gilbert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

^b MUSTANSIRIYAH UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL; IRAQ; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 84874965191     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60320-7     Document Type: Review

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