Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. It results in a substantial and increasing economic and social burden for individuals, families, health care organizations, ...

The quality of healthcare is suffering seriously in transition period in Armenia. Vital basic social services (healthcare and education) have rapidly become less accessible, in terms of both supply and demand. Little ...

The government of Republic of Armenia intends to implement the Primary Health Care Development Project with assistance of World Bank (see Annex A). The overall Project consist of three main subcomponents aiming to establish ...

The National Health policy of the Republic of Armenia for 2004-2015 stresses the importance of Primary Health Care (PHC) development and emphasizes the institution of Family Medicine (FM) as a main PHC provider. FM is ...

In recent years there has been a sharp increase in interest in how the health sector should be financed in high as well as middle and low income countries. The main sources of mobilizing resources for health services are ...

Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA) is the most widespread disorder among pregnant women in Armenia. It is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes (pre-term delivery and low birth weight) as well as increases risk of maternal ...

As most transition economies of the former Soviet Union, Armenia has undergone substantial changes in the socio-economic infrastructure and capabilities. The average Income of the population has dropped drastically since ...

Patient experience is one of the most critical aspects of quality in healthcare, together with patient safety and treatment effectiveness. As previous studies have demonstrated, patient-related and external determinants ...

Primary health care (PHC) is an essential component of an effective and efficient health care system. It is the basis of an effective health care system because it can address the large majority of the health problems ...

The rural health care system in the world has improved during the last years but there is a still need for further improvements. Generally, rural communities have fewer hospital beds, physicians, nurses and specialists ...