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National health insurance policy in Nepal: challenges for implementation

Shiva Raj MishraNepal Development Society, Chitwan, Nepal;School of Population HealthUniversity of Western Australia, Perth, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pratik KhanalDepartment of Community Medicine and Public HealthInstitute of Medicine, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Deepak Kumar KarkiNepal Health Economics Association (NHEA), Kathmandu, Nepal
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Per KallestrupDepartment of Public Health, Centre for Global Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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Ulrika EnemarkDepartment of Public Health, Centre for Global Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Article: 28763 | Received 04 Jun 2015, Accepted 15 Jul 2015, Published online: 21 Aug 2015

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