International Comparisons of Bulgaria’s Health System Performance

Relative to other comparable income and health spending countries, Bulgaria has more physicians per capita. Bulgaria’s physician to population ratio increased from 2.5 in 1980 to 3.8 physicians per 1000 population in 2011. The physician to populati...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	RISKS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC GROWTH RATES PHYSICIAN STROKE FINANCING DEATHS INCOME QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE PREVENTION DOCTORS PREMATURE DEATH GOVERNMENT SPENDING LIVE BIRTHS REDUCING MATERNAL MORTALITY SPENDING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS SERVICES HEALTH CARE REVENUES FINANCIAL PROTECTION HEALTH MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS INFORMAL PAYMENTS HEALTH WORKERS PRIVATE INSURANCE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE TAX ADULT POPULATION POCKET PAYMENTS SMOKERS HOSPITAL PUBLIC HEALTH LIFE EXPECTANCY QUALITY OF HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY HEALTH SECTOR INSURANCE FUNDS HEALTH STATUS MINISTRY OF HEALTH DISEASES CAUSES OF DEATH INFECTIOUS DISEASES PATIENT PATIENTS SMOKING RISK FACTOR HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH SYSTEM PERFORMANCE EXCHANGE RATES AGING SOCIAL INSURANCE NURSES DENTAL CARE MORTALITY RATE SOCIAL SECURITY LABOR TAX REVENUES PUBLIC HEALTH SPENDING GLOBAL HEALTH PER MORTALITY GRANTS PUBLIC ELDERLY TAXES RESPECT CANCER HEALTH SPENDING PROGRESS UNEMPLOYMENT FINANCIAL RISK PROTECTION EQUITY INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MIDWIFE WORKERS POLICIES QUALITY OF CARE TRANSPARENCY PATIENT SATISFACTION NURSE CARE PENSIONS PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH OUTCOMES LIFE EXPECTANCIES LONG-TERM CARE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURES INCOME COUNTRIES LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUES PATIENTS’ RIGHTS TAX RATES BEDS INJURIES CARE SYSTEMS CITIZENS BURDEN OF DISEASE TAX REVENUE RISK FACTORS HEALTH EXPENDITURE PER CAPITA MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO REVENUE COLLECTION HEALTH SYSTEM INSURANCE TAXATION COMMUNICABLE DISEASES MEDICAL STAFF PHYSICIANS CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES OBESITY MORTALITY RATIO EVALUATION RISK INPATIENT CARE MIDWIVES POVERTY HEALTH EXPENDITURE DISABILITY REVENUE PRIVATE SPENDING HOSPITAL BEDS POPULATION FINANCIAL RISK HEALTH FINANCING PUBLIC SPENDING GOVERNMENTS HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS INFANT MORTALITY RATE CAPITA HEALTH SPENDING HEALTH SERVICES INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS EPIDEMIOLOGICAL TRANSITION INFANT DEATHS
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International Comparisons of Bulgaria’s Health System Performance

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