Prices and protocols in public health care

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 409-432

  Hammer, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a WORLD BANK GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HEALTHCARE; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE REFORM;

EID: 0031411255     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/11.3.409     Document Type: Article

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