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This report uses the Health Resources and services Availability Mapping System (HeRAMS) database to develop two composite indices – one for health centers and one for hospitals – in order to analyse and assess the health facilities’ performance across time and to...Read More

The Gaza Strip has been subject to a near-total blockade by Israel since 2007 and to repeated military assaults, the most intense of which took place in 2006, 2008, 2012 and 2014. The more than two-thirds of the population born since the 1993 Oslo Accords and have thus...Read More

Country-based reports that provide a description and analysis of the health system and of reform initiatives. Read More

This paper looks first at the demo- graphic and economic trends that will drive this transition and make Saudi Arabia a promising market from the perspective of a healthcare provider, then at what steps Saudi Arabia intends to take to encourage private healthcare...Read More

The changes provide an interesting and insightful case for the challenges in radically changing a country's healthcare system. The situation also demonstrates a unique case in the Middle East for greater reliance of the private sector to address rapidly escalating...Read More

This article discusses the healthcare system in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with emphasis on its level of development, structure, implementation of total quality management (TQM) and the future challenges. Read More

This paper reviews the historical development and current structure of the health care system in Saudi Arabia with particular emphasis on the public health sector and the opportunities and challenges confronting the Saudi health care system. Read More

Using existing data, we reviewed the organizational structure of the Saudi Arabian health system: its demography and history, principal health indicators, organization and management, type and distribution of facilities, financial base, and the impact on it of the Haj...Read More

Saudi Arabia was a poor and isolated country prior to the discovery of oil within its borders. The Saudi healthcare sector has seen major progress in recent decades, with local hospitals receiving international recognition. The Public Health Department was established...Read More

UAE has seen remarkable progress in health care. Over the past years government health strategies have paid special attention to the welfare of UAE citizens who are considered to be the country’s major resource and the prime target of all national development. To this...Read More