Privatizing the welfarist state: Health care reforms in Malaysia

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Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-105

  Khoon, Chan Chee ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

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EID: 42149084747     PISSN: 10482911     EISSN: 15413772     Source Type: Journal    
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