Health care system in Saudi Arabia: an overview.

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Published in East Mediterr Health J on October 01, 2011

Authors

M Almalki1, G Fitzgerald, M Clark

Author Affiliations

1: College of Health Sciences, University of Jazan, Jazan, Saudi Arabia. mohammed.almalki@gmail.com

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