Health financing
country profiles
in the Western Pacific Region
1995–2011
Health financing
country profiles
in the Western Pacific Region
1995–2011
WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
Health financing country profiles in the Western Pacific Region: 1995-2011
1. Delivery of health care – economics. 2. Health expenditures. 3. Healthcare financing.
I. World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific.
ISBN 978 92 9061 674 0
(NLM Classification: W74)
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