Health system challenges of cardiovascular disease and diabetes in four Eastern Mediterranean countries

Global Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 875-889

  Phillimore, Peter ^a   Zaman, Shahaduz ^a   Ahmad, Balsam ^a   Shoaibi, Azza ^b   Khatib, Rasha ^b   Khatib, Rana ^b   Husseini, Abdullatif ^b   Fouad, Fouad ^c   Elias, Madonna ^c   Maziak, Wasim ^c,d   Tlili, Faten ^e   Tinsa, Francine ^f   Ben Romdhane, Habiba ^e   Kiliç, Bülent ^g   Kalaça, Sibel ^h   Ünal, Belgin ^g   Critchley, Julia ⁱ  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^c SYRIAN CENTER FOR TOBACCO STUDIES   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Prevention Research Laboratory   (Tunisia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^g DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^h MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁱ ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

health policy; Middle East; NCD; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PALESTINE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TUNISIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; ISRAEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SYRIA; TUNISIA; TURKEY;

EID: 84885187955     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2013.830756     Document Type: Article

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