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Essential medicines concept and health technology assessment approaches to prioritising medicines: selection versus incorporation

JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL POLICY AND PRACTICE (2023)

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JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL POLICY AND PRACTICE

Volume 16, Issue 1, Pages -

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DOI: 10.1186/s40545-023-00595-4

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