Slums’ Access to and Coverage of Primary Health Care Services: A Cross-Sectional Study in Shiraz, a Metropolis in Southern Iran

Background: The United Nations has predicted that the population of slum dwellers will have grown from one billion people worldwide to 2 billion by 2030. This trend is also predictable in Iran. In the Iranian metropolis of Shiraz, more than 10% of the residents live in slum areas. There are several...

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Main Authors: Hassan Joulaei, Azad R Bhuiyan, Mehrab Sayadi, Fariba Morady, Parvin Afsar Kazerooni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2014-03-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://ijms.sums.ac.ir/index.php/IJMS/article/view/642