Influencing Factors of Health Care Expenditure for Rural Residents in China after Enforcing New Rural Cooperative Medical System
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Financial Research
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1923-4031,1923-4023
DOI: 10.5430/ijfr.v3n1p95