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Decentralization and central and regional coordination of health services: the case of Switzerland

✍ Scribed by K. Wyss; N. Lorenz

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2000
Tongue: English
Weight: 74 KB
Volume: 15
Category: Article
ISSN: 0749-6753
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1751(200004/06)15:2<103::aid-hpm581>3.0.co;2-s

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