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Public health care and private insurance demand: The waiting time as a link

โœ Scribed by Mireia Jofre-Bonet

Book ID
110383025
Publisher
Springer US
Year
2000
Tongue
English
Weight
171 KB
Volume
3
Category
Article
ISSN
1386-9620

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