Facilitating equity and efficiency in Malaysian primary health care through the application of the ACG® case mix system
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Address: 1Family Health Development Division, Ministry of Health, Putrajaya, Malaysia, 2Social and Preventive Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 3Planning and Development Division, Ministry of Health, Putrajaya, Malaysia, 4Putrajaya Health Clinic, Ministry of Health, Putrajaya, Malaysia, 5Community Medicine and Public Health, University Malaysia Sarawak, Kuching, Malaysia, 6Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA and 7Putrajaya Health Office, Ministry of Health, Putrajaya, MALAYSIA * Corresponding author
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- BMC Health Services Research
دوره 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009