The growth of corporate health care in Malaysia

Health Care in Malaysia: The Dynamics of Provision, Financing and Access

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 19-39

  Leng, Chee Heng ^a   Barraclough, Simon ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 78650299683     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203964835     Document Type: Chapter

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