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The Health Care Delivery System in Libya with Special Emphasis on Public Health Care Services in Benghazi

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2015

Salem F. Salem
Salem F. Salem*
Affiliation:
Garyounis University, Benghazi
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Abstract

This paper outlines the main features of the Libyan health care delivery system in general and the development of the primary health care system in particular. In spite of achieving tremendous success for extending health care coverage to meet continuous and mounting demand for health care services all over the country, health status levels in the country as a whole have not yet reached the required target that should make them comparable with the developed world. Three major reasons are thought to be responsible for this deficiency — the lack of appointment systems, a proper referral system and reliable health care information centres both locally and nationally. Moreover, despite the fact that a hierarchy of health care delivery system exists in the country, it is not well-defined with a fixed division of functions and strict referral routes between health care facilities as conceptualised in most parts of the developed world.

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Libyan Studies , Volume 27 , 1996 , pp. 99 - 123
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Copyright © Society for Libyan Studies 1996

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