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. 2009 Aug;6(8):e1000130.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000130. Epub 2009 Aug 18.

Mexico's health system: more comprehensive reform needed

Jason Lakin  1
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Mexico's health system: more comprehensive reform needed

Jason Lakin. PLoS Med. 2009 Aug.

Abstract

Jason Lakin discusses and critiques a Policy Forum that reviews 25 years of reform to the Mexican health system and argues that more comprehensive reform is needed.

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