To Cite:
Khammarnia
M, Barfar
E, Ansari-Moghadam
A, Setoodehzadeh
F, Zanganeh Baygi
M, et al. The Households Health Spending and Impoverishment: A Study After Iran's Health Transformation Plan,
Health Scope.
2018
; 7(S):e62316.
doi: 10.5812/jhealthscope.62316.
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