Improving health outcomes: innovation, coverage, quality and adherence
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Improving health outcomes: innovation, coverage, quality and adherence
The Israeli health system has made considerable progress in reducing deaths amenable to medical care but has more to do. This commentary describes how progress in this area results from innovation, coverage, quality, and adherence to treatment. It describes what is being done in Israel and beyond to address each of these factors but concentrates on the often poorly recognised problem of adheren...
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عنوان ژورنال: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2045-4015
DOI: 10.1186/2045-4015-1-43