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Achieving sustainable universal health coverage in low- and middle-income countries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 September 2013

Di Mcintyre*
Affiliation:
Health Economics Unit, Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Filip Meheus
Affiliation:
Health Economics Unit, Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
*
*Correspondence to: Prof Di Mcintyre, Health Economics Unit, Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. Email: Diane.McIntyre@uct.ac.za

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