Health systems in transition : Uzbekistan

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Acknowledgements
T
he HiT on Uzbekistan was produced by the European Observatory on 
Health Systems and Policies.
This edition was written by Mohir Ahmedov, Ravshan Azimov 
(School of Public Health, Tashkent), Zulkhumor Mutalova (Ministry of 
Health), Shahin Huseynov (WHO Regional Office for Europe), Elena Tsoyi 
(WHO Country Office Uzbekistan) and Bernd Rechel (European Observatory 
on Health Systems and Policies). It was edited by Bernd Rechel. The basis 
for this edition was the previous HiT on Uzbekistan, which was published 
in 2007, written by Mohir Ahmedov, Ravshan Azimov, Vasila Alimova and 
Bernd Rechel, and edited by Bernd Rechel.
The Observatory and the authors are grateful to Bakhrom Durmanov and 
the team of the WHO country office in Uzbekistan led by Asmus Hammerich 
for reviewing the report. The authors would also like to thank Nick Fahy for 
his technical assistance in reviewing the text and for his reworking of the 
executive summary.
Special thanks go to everyone at the Ministry of Health and its agencies for 
their assistance in providing information and for their invaluable comments 
on previous drafts of the manuscript and suggestions about plans and current 
policy options in the Uzbek health system. We would also like to express 
our gratitude to everyone at the Central Project Implementation Bureau 
Health III, including Farhad Fuzaylov, Shuhrat Shukurov, Rustam Yuldashev, 
Roza Mukhamediyarova, Sevil Abdurahimova and Nigora Karabaeva.
Thanks are also extended to the WHO Regional Office for Europe for their 
European Health for All database from which data on health services were 
extracted; to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 
(OECD) for the data on health services in western Europe; and to the World 

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Bank for the data on health expenditure in central and eastern European 
countries. Thanks are also due to national statistical offices that have provided 
data. The HiT reflects data available in August 2014, unless otherwise indicated.
The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies is a partnership, 
hosted by the WHO Regional Office for Europe, which includes the 
governments of Austria, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Norway, Slovenia, Sweden, 
the United Kingdom and the Veneto Region of Italy; the European Commission; 
the World Bank; UNCAM (French National Union of Health Insurance Funds); 
the London School of Economics and Political Science; and the London School 
of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
The Observatory team working on HiTs is led by Josep Figueras, Director, 
Elias Mossialos, Martin McKee, Reinhard Busse, Richard Saltman, Ellen Nolte, 
Sarah Thomson and Suszy Lessof. The Country Monitoring Programme of 
the Observatory and the HiT series are coordinated by Gabriele Pastorino. 
The production and copy-editing process of this HiT was coordinated by 
Jonathan North, with the support of Caroline White, Sophie Richmond 
(copy-editing) and Pat Hinsley (typesetting).

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