Equity in financing and use of health care in Ghana, South Africa, and Tanzania: implications for paths to universal coverage.

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Published in Lancet on May 15, 2012

Authors

Anne Mills1, John E Ataguba, James Akazili, Jo Borghi, Bertha Garshong, Suzan Makawia, Gemini Mtei, Bronwyn Harris, Jane Macha, Filip Meheus, Di McIntyre

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

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