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WHO Bulletin: focus on health care financing
4 November 2008 -- Designing and implementing a health financing policy for universal coverage is relatively simple in principle but complex in practice. The November issue of the WHO Bulletin explores how it can be done, drawing lessons from several country experiences.
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