title: Emergency health services in Bulgaria.
abstract: The emergency care system in Bulgaria is evolving as a hybrid of the former "Soviet-style" health service and western-style emergency medicine. Bulgaria like other "Eastern bloc" Communist nations has undergone a sweeping socioeconomic transformation during the past 10 years. These changes have had profound consequences including the development of emergency services and the recognition of emergency medicine as a specialty in Bulgaria.
authors.affiliation: Section of Emergency Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. hayes@msu.edu
authors.forename: Oliver W
authors.initials: OW
authors.lastname: Hayes
authors.forename: Hariton
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Novkov
mesh_terms: D002031:Bulgaria; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D013222:State Medicine / Q000639:trends; D014218:Triage