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Record Nr.

UNINA9910220155203321

Titolo

The future of health care in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq : toward an effective, high-quality system with an emphasis on primary care

Pubbl/distr/stampa

RAND Corporation, 2014

[Place of publication not identified], : RAND Health, 2014

ISBN

0-8330-8632-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

RAND Corporation monograph series The future of health care in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq

Disciplina

362.109417

Soggetti

Medical care - KurdistÄan - Iraq

Primary care (Medicine) - KurdistÄan - Iraq

Health Workforce - organization & administration

Health Planning

Primary Health Care

Health Information Systems - organization & administration

Healthcare Financing

Iraq

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Sommario/riassunto

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.--