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The health care sector arguably constitutes the most heavily regulated field of economic activity in industrial countries and maybe newly industrialized and developing countries as well. But what exactly is being regulated, and what are the effects and side-effects of such regulation? Often, answers to these questions are not easily found, and for at least two reasons.
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Zweifel, P. (1998). Introduction. In: Zweifel, P., Lyttkens, C.H., Söderström, L. (eds) Regulation of Health: Case Studies of Sweden and Switzerland. Developments in Health Economics and Public Policy, vol 7. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4052-6_1
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