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Modernizing concepts of access and equity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2009

MARTIN GULLIFORD
MARTIN GULLIFORD*
Affiliation:
King's College London, Department of Public Health Sciences, King's College, London, UK
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*Correspondence to: Martin Gulliford, Professor of Public Health, Department of Public Health Sciences, King's College London, London SE1 3QD, UK. Email: martin.gulliford@kcl.ac.uk
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Special Section on Access to Health Care
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Health Economics, Policy and Law , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , April 2009 , pp. 223 - 230
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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