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Efficiency and productivity of world health systems: where does your country stand?

Subal C. Kumbhakar Department of Economics, State University of New York–Binghamton, Binghamton, NY 13902, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1641-1659 | Published online: 27 Nov 2008

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