Shifting the demand for emergency care in Cuba's health system

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 609-616

  De Vos, Pol ^a   Murlá, Pedro ^b   Rodriguez, Armando ^b   Bonet, Mariano ^b   Màs, Pedro ^b   Van Der Stuyft, Patrick ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE HIGIENE   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Cuba; Decentralisation; Emergency care; First line health services; Health sector reform; Health service organisation

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; CUBA; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPECTATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT ATTITUDE;

CUBA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 8744223472     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.05.022     Document Type: Article

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