What Should Macroeconomists Know about Health Care Policy? /

This primer aims to provide IMF macroeconomists with the essential information they need to address issues concerning health sector policy, particularly when they have significant macroeconomic implications. Such issues can also affect equity and growth and are fundamental to any strategy of poverty...

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Auteur principal: Heller, Peter
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/013
Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF
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