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Government Reimbursement Policy and Medical Technology Assessment

The Case of Switzerland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

P. W. Koch
Affiliation:
Swiss Federal Office of Social Insurances

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Technology Assessment Reports
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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