Assessing India's NCD preparedness in health systems: Methodological considerations

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¹ Department of Community Medicine, ESI-Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Medical College and Hospital Kolkata 700 104, West Bengal, India.

Dr Saurav Basu. Indian J Med Res. 2025 Jun.

. 2025 Jun;161(6):748-749.

doi: 10.25259/IJMR_1468_2025.

¹ Department of Community Medicine, ESI-Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Medical College and Hospital Kolkata 700 104, West Bengal, India.

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