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Right Care Series in The Lancet

Abstract: With the Right Care Series, published by The Lancet in 2017, the Lown Institute launched a global effort to assess the scope of overuse and underuse and place these twin failings at the center of health strategies everywhere to achieve the right care for all people. The Institute organized a team of 27 international experts from nine countries and 21 institutions.

Date Published: January 10, 2017

Author(s): staff

Right Care Series

Achieving right care is both an urgent task and an enormous opportunity.

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