Healthcare in Bahrain

Bahrain has a universal health care system, dating back to 1960.[1] Government-provided health care is free to Bahraini citizens and subsidized for non-Bahrainis. Healthcare expenditure accounted for 4.5% of Bahrain's GDP, according to the World Health Organisation. Bahraini physicians and nurses form a majority of the country's workforce in the health sector, unlike neighbouring Gulf states.[2] The first hospital in Bahrain was the American Mission Hospital, which opened in 1893 as a dispensary.[3] The first public hospital, and also tertiary hospital, to open in Bahrain was the Salmaniya Medical Complex, in the Salmaniya district of Manama, in 1957.[4] The Psychiatric Hospital is the only such public hospital in the country. Private hospitals are also present throughout the country, such as the International Hospital of Bahrain.

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References

  1. ↑ "Health Care Financing and Expenditure" (PDF). WHO. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "Healthcare in the Kingdom of Bahrain" (PDF). Ministry of Health, Bahrain. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "Bahrain Society". American Bahraini Friendship Society. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "SMC admissions" (PDF). Ministry of Health, Bahrain. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
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