Right care, right time, right place: how Lithuania transformed cardiology care

Long wait times to see specialists. Poor coordination between family doctors and hospitals. Duplicated tests. And some of the highest rates of heart disease-related death in Europe. They were some of the challenges facing Lithuania 20 years ago, particularly in the country’s eastern region, where mortality from heart disease and stroke was highest, especially among middle-aged men and women outside major cities.
Source: WHO Feature Stories - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news