Publicly-financed health insurance schemes: Concerns about impact assessment

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-27

  Vellakkal, Sukumar ^a   Ebrahim, Shah ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

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EID: 84874180342     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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