Out-of-pocket spending on prescription drugs

Perspectives on Labour and Income

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2005, Pages

  Luffman, Jacqueline ^a  

^a Labour and Household Surveys Analysis Division   (Canada)

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EID: 25644456039     PISSN: 08408750     EISSN: 08434565     Source Type: Journal    
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