Comparative policy analysis and health care an introduction

Comparative Studies and the Politics of Modern Medical Care

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-23

  Marmor, Theodore R ^d   Freeman, Richard ^a   Okma, Kieke G H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d NONE

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