The quest for universal health coverage: achieving social protection for all in Mexico.

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Published in Lancet on August 16, 2012

Authors

Felicia Marie Knaul1, Eduardo González-Pier, Octavio Gómez-Dantés, David García-Junco, Héctor Arreola-Ornelas, Mariana Barraza-Lloréns, Rosa Sandoval, Francisco Caballero, Mauricio Hernández-Avila, Mercedes Juan, David Kershenobich, Gustavo Nigenda, Enrique Ruelas, Jaime Sepúlveda, Roberto Tapia, Guillermo Soberón, Salomón Chertorivski, Julio Frenk

Author Affiliations

1: Harvard Global Equity Initiative, Boston, MA, USA. felicia_knaul@harvard.edu

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