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. 2005 Jul 23;331(7510):234-5.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7510.234-b.

A tale of two Germanys: East Germany's health system provides lessons 14 years on

Dirk Meusel, Ulf Maywald, Isabel Hach, Wilhelm Kirch
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A tale of two Germanys: East Germany's health system provides lessons 14 years on

Dirk Meusel et al. BMJ. .
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