Community-based health insurance in low-income countries: a systematic review of the evidence.

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Published in Health Policy Plan on September 01, 2004

Authors

Björn Ekman1

Author Affiliations

1: Lund University Centre for Health Economics (LUCHE), Lund University, Lund, Sweden. bjorn.ekman@luche.lu.se

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