Equity and access to health care

Access to Health Care

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 36-60

  Gulliford, Martin ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84921287175     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203867952     Document Type: Chapter

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