Accessibility and affordability of alcohol dependency medical care in Serbia

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue JAN, 2015, Pages

  Jakovljevic, Mihajlo B ^a   Jovanovic, Mirjana ^a   Lesch, Otto Michael ^b  

^a University of Kragujevac Medical Faculty   (Serbia)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Access; Addiction; Affordability; Alcohol; Dependency; Economics; Medical care; Serbia

Indexed keywords

ACAMPROSATE; NALTREXONE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INVESTMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REHABILITATION CARE; REIMBURSEMENT; SERBIA; STAFF TRAINING; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 84926611144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2014.00192     Document Type: Article

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