Catastrophic health expenditure and entitlement to health services in the occupied Palestinian territory: a retrospective analysis
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عنوان ژورنال: The Lancet Global Health
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2214-109X
DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(13)70122-0