This letter intends to clarify information and misconceptions found in the article "Syrian refugees in Lebanon: the search for universal health coverage" which was published June 1st, 2016, and to challenge the core notion of fragmentation as presented by the authors. It also highlights the fact that the article does not recognize the severe shortage in refugees health financing and unmet promi...

Chilakamarti V. Ramana,* Matthew P. DeBerge,* Aseem Kumar, Christopher S. Alia, Joan E. Durbin, and Richard I. Enelow Department of Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, Lebanon, New Hampshire; Department of Pathology, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, ...

The quality of hospital care in Lebanon has witnessed a paradigm shift since May 2000, from a traditional focus on physical structure and equipment to a broader multidimensional approach, emphasizing managerial processes, performance and output indicators. In the absence of an effective consumer voice, the impetus for change has come from the Ministry of Public Health, which has supported the d...

background : malnutrition represents an important issue in older adults; unfortunately, there is lack of data concerning this topic in lebanon. this paper aims to provide a description of nutritional status and its correlates in older adults living in long stay institutions situated in beirut. methods : this cross-sectional study was conducted in three long stay institutions in beirut in 2012. ...

Lebanon is a developing country marred by several years of civil war and continuing political, social and economic instability. It has no mental health policy or plan. Through literature reviews, surveillance of current mental health services and interviews with primary care physicians and officials at the Ministry of Public Health and World Health Organization, we identified several barriers t...

A case-mix hospital information system was designed and implemented in Palestine Red Crescent Society hospitals in order to support the network of Palestinian hospitals in Lebanon and to improve the health of refugees in the country. The system is based on routine collection of essential administrative and clinical data for each episode of hospitalization, relying on internationally accepted di...

Janice L. Hanson, PhD, and Joseph O. Lopreiato, MD, MPH The Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire; Department of Pediatrics, the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire; Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio; Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado...

Should Lebanon abandon the consociational democratic system? This paper attempts to answer the question by examining the pathologies of the current system and then evaluating its strengths, weaknesses, and potential for reform. Theories of consociational democracy and of conflict regulation are used in this analysis. This paper concludes that there is potential for limited reforms that will mak...

Dartmouth Medical School, Dartmouth College (P.A.V., Z.B.M., K.D.P., D.W.R., B.T.H.), Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire (P.A.V., K.D.P., D.W.R.); Ontario Cancer Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada (A.K., M.B., C.N., B.C.W.); Community and Family Medicine (Biostatistics) and The Dartmouth Institute of Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Da...