Access to health care of persons with disabilities as an indicator of equity in health systems
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Malcolm MacLachlan, PhD, is a professor at the Centre for Global Health and in the School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. Hasheem Mannan, PhD, is a research fellow at the Centre for Global Health and in the School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin. Eilish McAuliffe, PhD, is director of the Centre for Global Health and a senior lecturer in the School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin.
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