Fear of catastrophic health expenditures and unrealistic expectations from supplementary health insurance: ethnic differences
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عنوان ژورنال: International Health
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1876-3413,1876-3405
DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihy089