Guidelines, enthusiasms, uncertainty, and the limits to purchasing.

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Published in BMJ on January 14, 1995

Authors

M McKee1, A Clarke

Author Affiliations

1: Health Services Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

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