Painful realities
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The health care industry is in a time of market-driven change, and during this transition there are many challenges. While many health care industries merge, individual power will be lost to stronger partnerships. It is important to remain in touch with the needs of the customers, as well as public perception of the health systems. However, regardless of popularity problems, it is essential to meet the needs of the community in a new social and political structure.
Publication Name: Hospitals & Health Networks
Subject: Health care industry
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Year: 1995
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Russian rehab: enterprising Westerners have imported managed care and one-stop clinics. That's pricey treatment for a tattered health system
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Russia's healthcare delivery system is undergoing tremendous changes as it struggles to reinvent itself and free itself of the communist, state system that is supposed to offer equal health services to everyone. Changes in the Russian government and politics is now fostering a western-style second-tier healthcare system operated by enterprising westerners who are providing the kind of efficient, convenient services absent in Russia.
Publication Name: Hospitals & Health Networks
Subject: Health care industry
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Year: 1997
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Cuba care
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Cuba's healthcare system is profiled. Fidel Castro claims that the country has the developing world's best doctors, hospitals and research institutes, but the system is desperately short of funds. There are shortages of medicines, clothing and food, and many doctors drive cabs to earn enough to live on. Companies such as Servimed offer relatively low-cost care to foreigners.
Publication Name: Hospitals & Health Networks
Subject: Health care industry
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Year: 1998
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