Public and Private Health Insurance and the Utilisation of Health Care in Spain

Research on Economic Inequality

Volumn 15, Issue , 2007, Pages 169-195

  García Gómez, Pilar ^a   López Nicolás, Angel ^a  

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EID: 34147146907     PISSN: 10492585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-2585(07)15008-0     Document Type: Review

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