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Contracting for health services in a public health system: the New Zealand experience

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  • Cumming, Jacqueline
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  • Ashton, Toni & Cumming, Jacqueline & McLean, Janet, 2004. "Contracting for health services in a public health system: the New Zealand experience," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 69(1), pages 21-31, July.
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