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Why strengthening primary health care is essential to achieving universal health coverage

Chris van Weel and Michael R. Kidd
CMAJ April 16, 2018 190 (15) E463-E466; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.170784
Chris van Weel
Department of Primary and Community Care (van Weel), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Department of Health Services Research and Policy (van Weel), Australian National University, Acton, Australia; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Kidd), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (Kidd), Melbourne, Australia; Southgate Institute for Health, Equity and Society (Kidd), Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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Department of Primary and Community Care (van Weel), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Department of Health Services Research and Policy (van Weel), Australian National University, Acton, Australia; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Kidd), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (Kidd), Melbourne, Australia; Southgate Institute for Health, Equity and Society (Kidd), Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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