Digitisation of health care – consequences for public and private health systems
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Public and Private Provision of Health Care∗
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Public Health
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1101-1262,1464-360X
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckw167.070