Health sector governance: Should we be investing more?

BMJ Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Fryatt, Robert ^a   Bennett, Sara ^b   Soucat, Agnes ^c  

^a ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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EID: 85029380305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20597908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000343     Document Type: Article

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