Hospital care in Iran: An examination of national health system performance

International Journal of Healthcare Management

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 201-210

  Hajizadeh, Mohammad ^a   Nghiem, Hong Son ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Financing; Hospital care; Iran; Quality; Utilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905960945     PISSN: 20479700     EISSN: 20479719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2047971913Y.0000000042     Document Type: Article

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