Public Health
Volume 124, Issue 9 , Pages 519-524 , September 2010

Cuban healthcare providers in Venezuela: A case study

  • W.W. Westhoff

      Affiliations

    • Department of Global Health, University of South Florida College of Public Health, 13201 Bruce B. Downs Blvd (MDC 56), Tampa, FL 33612, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 813 974 6621; fax: +1 813 974 4718.
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  • R. Rodriguez

      Affiliations

    • Escuela de Enfermería, Universidad de los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela
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  • C. Cousins

      Affiliations

    • Department of Global Health, University of South Florida College of Public Health, 13201 Bruce B. Downs Blvd (MDC 56), Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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  • R.J. McDermott

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community and Family Health, University of South Florida College of Public Health, Tampa, FL, USA

Received 26 August 2009 ,Revised 21 April 2010 ,Accepted 18 May 2010.

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PII: S0033-3506(10)00183-6

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.05.008

Public Health
Volume 124, Issue 9 , Pages 519-524 , September 2010