Income Distribution and the Public-Private Mix in Health Care Provision: The Latin American Case
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Income Distribution and the Public-Private Mix in Health Care Provision: The Latin American Case
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عنوان ژورنال: SSRN Electronic Journal
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1556-5068
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1817188