Trade in Health Services and the GATS

A Handbook of International Trade in Services

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Smith, Richard ^a   Blouin, Chantal ^b   Drager, Nick ^c   Fidler, David P ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Recherche et Developpement   (Canada)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Curative services; GATS; Health policy; Health policy principles; Health related services; Preventive services; Public health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919684198     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199235216.003.0011     Document Type: Chapter

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