Health care reform in central and eastern europe

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 152-158

  Jack, Brian ^a   Nagy, Zsolt ^b   Varga, Zoltán ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Family Medicine Community Practice   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0001062033     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: 17511402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13814789709160352     Document Type: Article

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