Politics and institutions in the reforms of health care in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland

Polish Sociological Review

Volumn , Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-53

  Sitek, Michał ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Health care reform; Hungary; Poland; Politics; The Czech Republic

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849148623     PISSN: 12311413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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