TY - BOOK ID - 22350663 TI - The future of health care in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq : toward an effective, high-quality system with an emphasis on primary care AU - Moore, Melinda AU - Kurdistān (Iraq). AU - RAND Health PY - 2014 SN - 0833086324 9780833086327 9780833085788 0833085786 0833086111 9780833086112 PB - [Place of publication not identified] RAND Health DB - UniCat KW - Medical care KW - Primary care (Medicine) KW - Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services KW - Legislation as Topic KW - Health Care Economics and Organizations KW - Comprehensive Health Care KW - Health Resources KW - Patient Care Management KW - Delivery of Health Care KW - Health Care KW - Social Control, Formal KW - Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation KW - Health Services Administration KW - Health Manpower KW - Health Planning KW - Primary Health Care KW - Primary Healthcare KW - Primary Care KW - Care, Primary KW - Care, Primary Health KW - Health Care, Primary KW - Healthcare, Primary KW - PL93-641 KW - Public Law 93-641 KW - Health and Welfare Planning KW - National Health Planning and Resources Development Act of 1974 KW - Planning, Health and Welfare KW - State Health Planning, United States KW - Planning, Health KW - Public Law 93 641 KW - Health Workforce KW - Manpower, Health KW - Manpower, Health Occupations KW - Health Occupations Manpower KW - Workforce, Health KW - Health KW - Health Occupations KW - Health Personnel KW - Medicine KW - Administration, Health Services KW - Health Services KW - Healthcare Quality, Access, and Evaluation KW - Regulation KW - Social Control KW - Control, Social KW - Controls, Social KW - Formal Social Control KW - Formal Social Controls KW - Regulations KW - Social Controls KW - Community-Based Distribution KW - Contraceptive Distribution KW - Delivery of Healthcare KW - Dental Care Delivery KW - Distribution, Non-Clinical KW - Distribution, Nonclinical KW - Distributional Activities KW - Healthcare KW - Healthcare Delivery KW - Healthcare Systems KW - Non-Clinical Distribution KW - Nonclinical Distribution KW - Delivery of Dental Care KW - Health Care Delivery KW - Health Care Systems KW - Activities, Distributional KW - Activity, Distributional KW - Care, Health KW - Community Based Distribution KW - Community-Based Distributions KW - Contraceptive Distributions KW - Deliveries, Healthcare KW - Delivery, Dental Care KW - Delivery, Health Care KW - Delivery, Healthcare KW - Distribution, Community-Based KW - Distribution, Contraceptive KW - Distribution, Non Clinical KW - Distributional Activity KW - Distributions, Community-Based KW - Distributions, Contraceptive KW - Distributions, Non-Clinical KW - Distributions, Nonclinical KW - Health Care System KW - Healthcare Deliveries KW - Healthcare System KW - Non Clinical Distribution KW - Non-Clinical Distributions KW - Nonclinical Distributions KW - System, Health Care KW - System, Healthcare KW - Systems, Health Care KW - Systems, Healthcare KW - Care Management, Patient KW - Management, Patient Care KW - Resources KW - Health Resource KW - Resource KW - Resource, Health KW - Resources, Health KW - Comprehensive Healthcare KW - Health Care, Comprehensive KW - Healthcare, Comprehensive KW - Healthcare Economics and Organizations KW - Constitutional Amendments KW - Laws and Statutes KW - Legislation, Health KW - Model Legislation KW - Population Law KW - Statutes and Laws KW - Health Legislation KW - Amendment, Constitutional KW - Amendments, Constitutional KW - Constitutional Amendment KW - Law, Population KW - Laws, Population KW - Legislation, Model KW - Population Laws KW - Healthcare Facilities, Manpower, and Services KW - Primary medical care KW - Delivery of health care KW - Delivery of medical care KW - Health care KW - Health care delivery KW - Health services KW - Medical and health care industry KW - Medical services KW - Personal health services KW - manpower KW - supply & distribution KW - organization & administration KW - Planning Techniques KW - Public Policy KW - Family Practice KW - Health Legislation as Topic KW - Public health KW - Health Care Economics KW - Health Economics KW - Healthcare Economics KW - Care Economic, Health KW - Economic, Health KW - Economic, Health Care KW - Economic, Healthcare KW - Economics, Health Care KW - Health Care Economic KW - Health Economic KW - Healthcare Economic KW - Health Planning. KW - Primary Health Care. KW - Health Information Systems KW - Healthcare Financing. KW - organization & administration. KW - Iraq. KW - Health Financing KW - Financing, Health KW - Financing, Healthcare KW - Financings, Health KW - Financings, Healthcare KW - Health Financings KW - Healthcare Financings KW - Republic of Iraq KW - Access to Primary Care UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:22350663 AB - At the request of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), RAND researchers undertook a yearlong analysis of the health care system in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, with a focus on primary care. RAND staff reviewed available literature on the Kurdistan Region and information relevant to primary care; interviewed a wide range of policy leaders, health practitioners, patients, and government officials to gather information and understand their priorities; collected and studied all available data related to health resources, services, and conditions; and projected future supply and demand for health services in the Kurdistan Region; and laid out the health financing challenges and questions. In this volume, the authors describe the strengths of the health care system in the Kurdistan Region as well as the challenges it faces. The authors suggest that a primary care-oriented health care system could help the KRG address many of these challenges. The authors discuss how such a system might be implemented and financed, and they make recommendations for better utilizing resources to improve the quality, access, effectiveness, and efficiency of primary care.-- ER -