The Healthcare System in Hungary [E-Book] / Eva Orosz and Andrew Burns
This paper examines within an international context, the healthcare system in Hungary. While the system resembles in many of its broad features those of other OECD countries, Hungarians have the lowest life expectancy in the OECD and its rate of increase over the last 20 years has been much slower t...
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| Personal Name(s): | Orosz, Eva. |
| Burns, Andrew. | |
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Paris :
OECD Publishing,
2000
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| Physical Description: |
54 p. ; 21 x 29.7cm. |
| Note: |
englisch |
| DOI: |
10.1787/088362842087 |
| Series Title: |
OECD Economics Department Working Papers ;
241 |
| Keywords: |
Economics Hungary |
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