The impact of user fees on access to health services in low- and middle-income countries.

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  2011

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  Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

• Publication date

  2011-04-13

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  Medicine, Economics

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  DOI 10.1002/14651858.CD009094PMID 21491414PMCID PMC10025428
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