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Research Article

Rational use effects of implementing an essential medicines list in West Bank, Palestinian Territories

Mustafa Z Younis Professor of Health Economics and Finance, School of Health Sciences, Jackson State University, 350 West Woodrow Wilson Drive, Jackson, MS 39213 USA. [email protected];  www.jsums.edu
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Samer Hamidi Director of Medicine Policies, Palestinian Ministry of Health and; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Master of Public Health Program, An-Najah University, Nablus, Palestine. [email protected];  www.aauj.edu;  www.najah.edu
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Dana A Forgione Janey S Briscoe Endowed Chair in the Business of Health, Professor of Accounting, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249-0632, USA. [email protected];  www.utsa.edu
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Michael Hartmann Director of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Bachstraße 18, Jena 07740, Germany. [email protected];  www.med.uni-jena.de
Pages 243-250 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

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