Examining out-of-pocket expenditure on health care in Nouna, Burkina Faso: implications for health policy
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عنوان ژورنال: Tropical Medicine and International Health
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1360-2276,1365-3156
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00835.x