Prepaid medicine: an alternative model for health care in Mexico.
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DR. WILLIAM BAKER: Our next speaker is no stranger to us. Dr. Samuel Garcia has been a long time member of our organization, traveling from Mexico to wherever we have our meetings, representing the Association of Medical Directors of Mexico. A number of us and the Executive Council had the privilege of holding our meeting this past March in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the Association of Medical Directors of Mexico.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of insurance medicine
دوره 27 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1995