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Dealing with Rising Health Care Costs: The Case of Pharmaceuticals

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  • Königbauer, Ingrid, 2006. "Dealing with Rising Health Care Costs: The Case of Pharmaceuticals," Munich Dissertations in Economics 5640, University of Munich, Department of Economics.
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