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Health systems in transition<br />
<strong>Latvia</strong><br />
4. Regulation and planning...................................................................105<br />
4.1 Regulation..................................................................................106<br />
4.2 Planning and health information management...........................117<br />
5. Physical and human resources..........................................................129<br />
5.1 Physical resources......................................................................129<br />
5.2 Human resources........................................................................145<br />
6. Provision of services........................................................................163<br />
6.1 Public health...............................................................................163<br />
6.2 Patient pathways.........................................................................169<br />
6.3 Primary/ambulatory care............................................................171<br />
6.4 Specialized ambulatory care/inpatient care................................183<br />
6.5 Emergency care..........................................................................191<br />
6.6 Pharmaceutical care...................................................................194<br />
6.7 Rehabilitation/intermediate care................................................198<br />
6.8 Long-term care...........................................................................199<br />
6.9 Palliative care.............................................................................201<br />
6.10 Mental health care....................................................................203<br />
6.11 Dental health care.....................................................................206<br />
6.12 Complementary and alternative medicine................................207<br />
6.13 Health care for specific populations.........................................208<br />
7. Principal health care reforms............................................................211<br />
7.1 Analysis of recent reforms.........................................................211<br />
7.2 Future developments..................................................................225<br />
8. Assessment of the health system......................................................229<br />
8.1 The evolving objectives of the health system............................229<br />
8.2 Equity in access and financing...................................................232<br />
8.3 Efficiency of resource allocation in health care.........................234<br />
8.4 Efficiency in production of health care......................................235<br />
8.5 Quality of care............................................................................237<br />
8.6 Improvements in health status....................................................238<br />
9. Conclusions......................................................................................241<br />
10. Appendices.......................................................................................243<br />
10.1 References................................................................................243<br />
10.2 Further reading.........................................................................246<br />
10.3 Web sites...................................................................................248<br />
10.4 HiT methodology and production process...............................248<br />
10.5 About the authors.....................................................................251<br />
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