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The inherent inequities of market-based health care reform

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  1. Section of General Internal Medicine, Portland VA Medical Center, 97239, Portland, OR

    Somnath Saha MD, MPH

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Dr. Saha is supported by awards from the VA Health Services Research & Development Service Advanced Research Career Development Program, and from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Generalist Physician Faculty Scholars Program.

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Saha, S. The inherent inequities of market-based health care reform. J Gen Intern Med 21, 1211–1212 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00618.x

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