Countries
Lebanon
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The burden of disease attributable to communicable diseases is 6.1%, to noncommunicable diseases 84.9% and to injuries 9.1% (2012). The share of out-of-pocket expenditure is 37.3% (2012) and the health workforce density is 31.9 physicians and 29.3 nurses and midwives per 10 000 population (2013).
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"The actors in the health system are many. From public to private providers, to public and private financing agents, to the issuance of laws and their implementation, to political agendas, and the lack of transparency in information generation and dissemination. The health system in Lebanon is highly fragmented, with the governmental bodies as the official regulators, but standing behind the scene, are the private providers as the true influential parties in the health sector. The main features in the market are the public, the private and the public-private mix".
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