Within the triangle of healthcare legacies: comparing the performance of South-Eastern European health systems

Journal of Medical Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 483-492

  Arsenijevic, Jelena ^b   Pavlova, Milena ^b   Verhaeghe, Nick ^c   Laaser, Ulrich ^d   Groot, Wim ^b,e  

^a Michael)   (Serbia)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health indicators; Health resources; Population health; Post Semashko; Socioeconomic transition; South eastern Europe; Trend; Utilization; Yugoslavia

Indexed keywords

ALBANIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BULGARIA; CAPACITY BUILDING; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; CYPRUS; FERTILITY; GREECE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; HUNGARY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MARKET; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MOLDOVA; MONTENEGRO (REPUBLIC); NURSING STAFF; PRIOR FREE MARKET; REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA; ROMANIA; SERBIA; SLOVENIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); YUGOSLAVIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; EASTERN EUROPE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALIZATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MORTALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

BIRTH RATE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE, EASTERN; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MORTALITY; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL;

EID: 85009756454     PISSN: 13696998     EISSN: 1941837X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13696998.2016.1277228     Document Type: Article

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