Demand, market structure and the formalizing of Ministry of Health fees: A Nicaraguan case study

World Development

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1173-1189

  Fiedler, John L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS;

NICARAGUA;

EID: 0032794589     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(99)00052-2     Document Type: Article

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