Adapting the welfare state: The case of health care reform in Britain, Germany, and the United States

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 967-1000

  Giaimo, Susan ^a   Manow, Philip ^a  

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EID: 0033463607     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414099032008003     Document Type: Article

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