Health equity in Lebanon: a microeconomic analysis
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Health equity in Lebanon: a microeconomic analysis
BACKGROUND The health sector in Lebanon suffers from high levels of spending and is acknowledged to be a source of fiscal waste. Lebanon initiated a series of health sector reforms which aim at containing the fiscal waste caused by high and inefficient public health expenditures. Yet these reforms do not address the issues of health equity in use and coverage of healthcare services, which appea...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal for Equity in Health
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1475-9276
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-9-11