Romanian health suffers with few funds for care

Article Abstract:

One Romanian doctor calls his country's healthcare budget 'a budget of shame.' In 1992 this budget will only be $300 million, 30% less than what health officials insist is necessary. These figures are especially grim when one considers the nation's huge AIDS problem. Romania has one of the worst health records in Europe, ranking third behind Yugoslavia and Albania in infant mortality. Outmoded regulations and politically inexperienced health administrators contribute to the problem.

HEALTH SERVICES, Medical economics, Health care industry, Social policy

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Treating the peacekeepers; reservists may be closer to the front than ever before, but they are treating more sports injuries than battle wounds

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Active duty military personnel established a medical unit at Taszar Air Base in Hungary to provide a primary medical care link between US military hospitals in Germany and US peacekeeping forces in Bosnia. There are 48 reserve personnel in charge of the facility in Sep 1997 after 178 active duty personnel worked at it during the Bosnian conflict. These reservists are closer to the front than other reserve units in previous conflicts as part of the US Army's 'Total Force' plan.

National Security, Physicians & Surgeons, Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists), Military Reserves, Hospitals, Bosnia and Herzegovina, United States. Army, Peacekeeping forces

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Romanian medicine easing into private practice initiative

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Romanian physicians are setting up private practices as they try to establish a free-market economy for medical care in their formerly communist country. As many as 48,000 doctors now work as state-paid general physicians in huge polyclinics in urban areas or in outlying regions. Most Romanian physicians hope to increase their incomes, which average $40 a month as state-salaried doctors, when they become private practitioners.

Medical care, Physicians, Medical professions

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