Getting Better: Improving Health System Outcomes in Europe and Central Asia

by Owen Smith, Son Nguyen, Son Nam Nguyen

Fifty years ago, health outcomes in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia were not far behind those in Western Europe and well ahead of most other regions of the world. But progress since then has been slow. While life expectancy in the ECA region today is close to the global average, the gap with its western neighbors has doubled, and other middle-income regions have all surpassed ECA. Some countries in the region are doing better, but...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821398830
• ISBN13: 9780821398838
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 10.0"