Moving towards universal coverage in South Africa? Lessons from a voluntary government insurance scheme.

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Published in Glob Health Action on January 24, 2013

Authors

Veloshnee Govender1, Matthew F Chersich, Bronwyn Harris, Olufunke Alaba, John E Ataguba, Nonhlanhla Nxumalo, Jane Goudge

Author Affiliations

1: Health Economics Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa. veloshnee.govender@uct.ac.za

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