Patient costs for paediatric hospital admissions in Tanzania: a neglected burden?

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Published in Health Policy Plan on February 02, 2010

Authors

Priyanka Saksena1, Hugh Reyburn, Boniface Njau, Semkini Chonya, Hilda Mbakilwa, Anne Mills

Author Affiliations

1: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK. priyanka.saksena@mail.mcgill.ca

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