Limits to demand for health care

BMJ

Volumn 322, Issue 7288, 2001, Pages 734-

  Maynard, Alan ^a   Sheldon, Trevor ^a   Loudon, Irvine ^b   Webster, Charles ^c   Rao, Jammi N ^d   Frankel, Stephen ^e   Ebrahim, Shah ^e   Davey Smith, George ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b The Mill House ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c ALL SOULS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d Sandwell Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85007712577     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.734     Document Type: Letter

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