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In trying to set an agenda I have interpreted my brief as one entailing more the asking than the answering of questions. I shall therefore endeavour to suppress my own strong feelings as to what the answers ought to be, though I dare say I shall be less than fully successfull in the attempt.
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Culyer, A.J. (1991). Incentives: For What? For Whom? What Kind?. In: López-Casasnovas, G. (eds) Incentives in Health Systems. Health Systems Research. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76580-3_2
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