Can user charges make health care more efficient?
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Sarah Thomson, Thomas Foubister, and Elias Mossialos explain why charging patients for health services we want them to use makes little economic sense.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- BMJ
دوره 341 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010