RHEUMATOLOGY IN THE THIRD-WORLD

被引:20
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ADEBAJO, AO [1 ]
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[1] UNIV COLL HOSP IBADAN, DEPT MED, IBADAN, NIGERIA
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10.1136/ard.49.10.813
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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The financing of health care is proving difficult enough in Western societies-how much more difficult it is in the socalled Third World with all the conflicting priorities and demands that there are from various disciplines. Rheumatology has to fight hard to find adequate finance in such a situation as this viewpoint explains. Nevertheless, significant morbidity from the rheumatic diseases is very evident and resources are badly needed to cope with it. 'Health for all by the year 2000' as the World Health Organisation has called for seems to be a very long way away.
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