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1 online resource (xxxiii, 216 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps. |
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text file PDF |
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polychrome |
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RAND Corporation monograph series
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Rand Corporation monograph series.
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| Note |
"Kurdistan Regional Government, Ministry of Planning; Ministry of Health." |
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"This study provides an analysis of the health care system, with an emphasis on primary care, in the Kurdistan Region and what strategies can be pursued to move toward a more effective and higher-quality health care system. This report is based on a variety of methods and analyses. These include a review of the existing literature; analyses of available data; an analysis of Kurdistan Regional and Iraqi National documents and laws; modeling of future health care demand; and a qualitative assessment of numerous conversations with government officials, health care providers, health care policymakers, and private sector health care leaders."--Preface. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-216). |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Current health care system in the Kurdistan region -- Iraq and vision for the future -- Projecting future health care utilization -- Health care financing: overview and lessons -- organization and management of primary care services -- Health workforce -- Health information systems -- Summary and conclusions -- Appendix A: Graphs of modeling results from chapter three -- Appendix B: Monitoring progress in health service delivery -- Appendix C: Human resource indicators -- Appendix D: KRG health care congress presentation: financing -- Appendix E: KRG health care congress presentation: primary care -- Appendix F: KRG health care congress presentation: quality. |
| Summary |
At the request of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), RAND researchers undertook a yearlong analysis of the health care system in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, with a focus on primary care. RAND staff reviewed available literature on the Kurdistan Region and information relevant to primary care; interviewed a wide range of policy leaders, health practitioners, patients, and government officials to gather information and understand their priorities; collected and studied all available data related to health resources, services, and conditions; and projected future supply and demand for health services in the Kurdistan Region; and laid out the health financing challenges and questions. In this volume, the authors describe the strengths of the health care system in the Kurdistan Region as well as the challenges it faces. The authors suggest that a primary care-oriented health care system could help the KRG address many of these challenges. The authors discuss how such a system might be implemented and financed, and they make recommendations for better utilizing resources to improve the quality, access, effectiveness, and efficiency of primary care. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
Primary care (Medicine) -- Iraq -- Kurdistān -- Evaluation.
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Primary care (Medicine) |
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Iraq -- Kurdistān. |
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Evaluation. |
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Medical care -- Iraq -- Kurdistān -- Evaluation.
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Medical care. |
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Iraq. |
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Electronic book.
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Electronic books.
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Medical care. |
| Added Author |
Anthony, C. Ross, author.
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Lim, Yee-Wei, author.
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Jones, Spencer S., author.
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Overton, Adrian, author.
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Yoong, Joanne, author.
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RAND Health.
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Rand Corporation, issuing body.
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Kurdistān (Iraq). Ḧikûmetî Herêmî Kurdistan-ʻÊraq.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Future of health care in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation, 2014 0833085786 (OCoLC)875037741 |
| ISBN |
9780833086327 (electronic book) |
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0833086324 (electronic book) |
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9780833085788 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0833085786 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0833086111 |
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9780833086112 |
| Report No. |
RAND/MG-1148-1-KRG |
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