Urbanization and health care in rural China

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-24

  Liu, Gordon G ^a   Wu, Xiaodong ^a   Peng, Chaoyang ^b   Fu, Alex Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

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EID: 0037260916     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cep/21.1.11     Document Type: Article

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