Economic evaluation of surgically trained assistant medical officers in performing major obstetric surgery in Mozambique.

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Published in BJOG on October 01, 2007

Authors

M E Kruk1, C Pereira, F Vaz, S Bergström, S Galea

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. mkruk@umich.edu

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