The burden of disease (2012) attributable to communicable diseases is 11.5%, noncommunicable diseases 65.2% and injuries 23.2%. The share of out-of-pocket expenditure was 29.7% in 2013 and health workforce density is 19.3 physicians and 40.9 nurses and midwives per 10 000 population (2007).
En voir plus"Standards of healthcare are generally high in the UAE, reflecting high levels of public spending over the decades since the oil boom. Better health provision has been reflected in rapidly improving figures for key indicators such as life expectancy and infant mortality rates, which are now at Western levels. There are some 35 public hospitals in the UAE, as well as 14 private hospitals and 128 outpatient clinics. Although several small private hospitals have been set up over the past few years, wealthy people still tend to travel abroad for medical care".Â
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