Healthcare in Iraq

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Development of life expectancy in Iraq

Iraq had developed a centralized free and universal healthcare system in the 1970s using a hospital based, capital-intensive model of

United Nations Children's Fund and the World Health Organization
in July 2003. Unlike other poorer countries, which focused on mass health care using primary care practitioners, Iraq developed a Westernized system of sophisticated hospitals with advanced medical procedures, provided by specialist physicians. The UNICEF/WHO report noted that prior to 1990, 97 percent of the urban dwellers and 71 percent of the rural population had access to free primary health care; just 2 percent of hospital beds were privately managed.

Funding and fees

During its last decade, the

nurses per 10,000 population.[1] Plans called for US$1.5 billion of the national budget to be spent on health care in 2006.[1]

The cost of admission to a public hospital was set at 500 dinars in the 1980s and has not been increased since. This was supposed to cover the cost of all treatment. In February 2016 all public hospitals in Iraq began to charge patients for individual services. The healthcare budget for 2016 has been cut by about 25%.[2]

Staffing

More than 2000 doctors were killed between 2003 and 2014. In 2016, there were fewer than thirty cardiac surgeons left in the country. [citation needed] As of the year 2020, there are 372 hospitals with 53,802 beds in Iraq. The public health care system in Iraq is free and has been free for decades.

Issues

Iraqi doctors report that they have to pretend to resuscitate patients when this is futile because relatives, with militia connections, sometimes demand money if they are dissatisfied with the doctor's efforts. In 2010 the Council of Representatives of Iraq increased sentences for anyone convicted of threatening or attacking a doctor.[2]

Various academic studies

Iraqi War such as violence, terrorism, displacement and low socio-economic status.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Iraq country profile Archived 2010-12-04 at the Wayback Machine. Library of Congress Federal Research Division (August 2006). This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ a b McDonell, Nick (5 May 2016). "Diary". London Review of Books. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  3. ^ Khaffaf, Eman (December 2018). "Post-traumatic Stress Disorder among Displaced People in Iraq". Kufa Journal for Nursing Sciences. Retrieved 15 June 2019 – via ResearchGate.
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  5. ^ "Iraq's growing mental health crisis". middleeasteye.net. Middle East Eye. 2017-01-23. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
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