Equity and the allocation of health care resources: Proposition or oxymoron?
โ Scribed by Rosemary R. Lichtman
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 412 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-7466
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
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