Regional Disparity in Physical Resources in the Health Sector in Iran: A Comparison of Two Time Periods.
Background: One of the major health policy issues, in the both developed and developing countries, is the equality in the distribution of health resources. The aim of this study was to investigate the disparity in the distribution of health physical resources across the provinces of Iran in 2001 and...
| Publicado en: | Iranian Journal of Public Health Vol. 44; no. 6; pp. 848 - 855 |
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| Formato: | equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Jun2015
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