Geographical access to health care

Access to Health Care

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 13-35

  Haynes, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203867952     Document Type: Chapter

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