Challenges to fair decision-making processes in the context of health care services: a qualitative assessment from Tanzania.

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Published in Int J Equity Health on June 07, 2012

Authors

Elizabeth H Shayo1, Ole F Norheim, Leonard E G Mboera, Jens Byskov, Stephen Maluka, Peter Kamuzora, Astrid Blystad

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Norway. bshayo@yahoo.com

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