Price discrimination in obstetric services--a case study in Bangladesh.

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Published in Health Econ on June 01, 2004

Authors

Mohammad Amin1, Kara Hanson, Anne Mills

Author Affiliations

1: Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada. mamin@ohri.ca

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