Governing the market in health care: The social and political requirements

The Economics of Health Equity

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 36-58

  Bagchi, Amiya Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

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EID: 79954519283     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511544460.004     Document Type: Chapter

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