Optimizing resource allocation in United States AIDS drug assistance programs.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on October 17, 2006

Authors

Benjamin P Linas1, Hui Zheng, Elena Losina, Annette Rockwell, Rochelle P Walensky, Kevin Cranston, Kenneth A Freedberg

Author Affiliations

1: Division of General Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA. blinas@partners.org

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