Women's Health Issues
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 87-91 , March 2010

The Role of Governments in Health Care: Implications for Women's Health and Access to Care

  • Mary K. Zimmerman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr. Mary K. Zimmerman, University of Kansas Medical School, Department of Health Policy and Management, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Mail Stop 3044, Kansas City, KS 66160.
    • ,
  • Elizabeth Legerski, MS

Received 21 October 2009 ,Revised 2 November 2009 ,Accepted 4 November 2009.

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PII: S1049-3867(09)00133-9

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2009.11.001

Women's Health Issues
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 87-91 , March 2010

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