Health security for the rural poor? A case study of a health insurance scheme for rural farmers and peasants in India

International Social Security Review

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 3-21

  Kuruvilla, Sarosh ^a,b   Liu, Mingwei ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b and History   (United States)

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EID: 51249158447     PISSN: 0020871X     EISSN: 1468246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-246X.2007.00278.x     Document Type: Article

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