What do District Health Planners in Tanzania think about improving priority setting using 'Accountability for Reasonableness'?
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What do District Health Planners in Tanzania think about improving priority setting using 'Accountability for Reasonableness'?
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Health Services Research
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-7-180