Defining and Measuring Fairness in Financial Contribution to the Health System❁
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1 We would like to acknowledge the support received from the National Institute of Aging through an Inter-Agency Agreement with WHO that was used to undertake a part of this work. We would also like to thank Zuñiga for outstanding research assistance; the team of researchers at WHO working on the WHO-NHA calculations; and Gabriella Covino and Nankhonde Kasonde for support in editing and production.
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تاریخ انتشار 2001