UPSTREAM INVESTMENT IN HEALTH CARE: NATIONAL AND REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES

Since the burden of disease has shifted towards non-communicable diseases and public health management, there is a greater need to direct resources to address risk factors of the diseases rather than the diseases themselves. The downstream agenda focused on treatment services and is still an importa...

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Autores principales: Khalil, Mohamed, Nadrah, Hesham M., Al-Yahia, Omer A., Al-Segul, Abdulla
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2005
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Special Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3410138/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23012073
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Sumario:Since the burden of disease has shifted towards non-communicable diseases and public health management, there is a greater need to direct resources to address risk factors of the diseases rather than the diseases themselves. The downstream agenda focused on treatment services and is still an important problem at the level of national health management. Much has been accomplished in preventive programs for infectious diseases in Saudi Arabia but a great deal more is needed to combat non-communicable diseases. While a national non-communicable diseases program is being established in the Kingdom, more advanced pilot projects of NCD can be started in the regions. A model for cardiovascular diseases in Qassim will be presented.

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