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Is decentralisation the real solution?: A three country study

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  • Mosca, Ilaria, 2006. "Is decentralisation the real solution?: A three country study," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 77(1), pages 113-120, June.
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    8. Verhagen, Mark D., 2023. "Using machine learning to monitor the equity of large-scale policy interventions: The Dutch decentralisation of the Social Domain," SocArXiv qzm7y, Center for Open Science.
    9. Mark Kattenberg & Wouter Vermeulen, 2016. "The Stimulative Effect of an Unconditional Block Grant on the Decentralized Provision of Care," SERC Discussion Papers 0209, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
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