The health care dilemma a comparison of health care systems in three European countries and the US

n an age of spiraling costs, it is no surprise that health care policy and health care systems are now among the most hotly debated and controversial topics in many countries of the world today. The issue is literally one of life-and-death, and affects millions across the globe as they struggle to a...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth G. Armstrong (Author), Fischer, Martin R. (Author), Parsa-Parsi, Ramin W. (Author), Wetzel, Miriam (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Singapore World Scientific Publishing Co.Pte.Ltd. 2011
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