Regional disparity in physical resources in the health sector in Iran: A comparison of two time periods

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 848-854

  Akbari Sari, Ali ^a   Rezaei, Satar ^b   Homaie Rad, Enayatollah ^a   Dehghanian, Nasim ^c   Chavehpour, Yousef ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Health sector; Iran; Physical resources; Regional disparity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939480568     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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