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Is high-tech care in a middle-income country worth it?

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  • Dzhamilya Nigmatulina
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  • Dzhamilya Nigmatulina & Charles Becker, 2016. "Is high-tech care in a middle-income country worth it?," The Economics of Transition, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, vol. 24(4), pages 585-620, October.
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