The case for developing publicly-accessible datasets for health services research in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

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Published in BMC Health Serv Res on October 29, 2009

Authors

Shadi S Saleh1, Mohamad S Alameddine, Fadi El-Jardali

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Health Management and Policy, American University of Beirut, Van Dyck Room 111C, PO BOX 11-0236, Riad El Solh, Beirut, 1107 2020, Lebanon. ss117@aub.edu.lb

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