Equity in hospital services utilisation in India

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 52-58

  Prinja, Shankar ^a   Kumar, Man Inder ^a   Pinto, Andrew D ^b,c   Jan, Stephen ^d   Kumar, Rajesh ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84875523348     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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