Comparative Implications: Public Policy and Alternative Politics in the Case of the Israeli Healthcare System

Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-44

  Cohen, Nissim ^a   Mizrahi, Shlomo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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EID: 84858694581     PISSN: 13876988     EISSN: 15725448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13876988.2011.646818     Document Type: Article

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