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. 2013;10(1):e1001365.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001365. Epub 2013 Jan 8.

More data and appropriate statistical methods needed to fully measure the displacement effects of development assistance for health

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More data and appropriate statistical methods needed to fully measure the displacement effects of development assistance for health

Christopher J L Murray et al. PLoS Med. 2013.

Abstract

Christopher Murray and colleagues provide a perspective on displacement due to development assistance for health, and argue for more data and better statistical methods to measure aid displacement.

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Conflict of interest statement

CL and CM were authors of the previous analysis questioned by Batniji and Bendavid. All other authors declare no competing interests.

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