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CASE REPORT
Healthcare in selected Islamic countries:
a study on the composition of health care expenditure
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Gdansk University of Technology
Publication date: 2020-05-18
Corresponding author
Fabio Coriolano
Correspondence address: ul. Jaszowiecka 2/18, Warszawa, 02-934, Poland; author’s email address: fabiocoriolano88@gmail.com
Correspondence address: ul. Jaszowiecka 2/18, Warszawa, 02-934, Poland; author’s email address: fabiocoriolano88@gmail.com
Problemy Polityki Społecznej 2019;46:61-77
KEYWORDS
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this article is to analyse the healthcare regimes in selected Islamic
countries, underlining the aspects that differentiate them from the healthcare system in
the European countries and identifying the features that might constitute the basis for
the identification of an Islamic model of healthcare.
The present study identifies five different groups of countries, with five different
national health account (NHA) composition schemes. The conclusion of this article will
demonstrate how the healthcare system in the selected Islamic countries, although it does
not constitute one original model, shows specific aspects that diverge from the canonical
regimes and may be considered peculiar for the countries under investigation.
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