Healthcare reform implementation: Stakeholders and their roles - The Israeli experience

Health Policy

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-21

  Horev, Tuvia ^a   Babad, Yair M ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Health planning; Healthcare reform; National health programs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; ISRAEL; SOCIAL ASPECT;

HEALTH CARE REFORM; ISRAEL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 9644274096     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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