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July 3, 2007 in Miscellaneous
The Healthcare Economist is off to Europe. I’ll be vacationing in Istanbul for about a week. Afterwards, I will attend the European Science Days summer school on the Economics of Health and Healthcare in Steyr, Austria.
Postings to this blog will resume as soon as I return.
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July 3, 2007 at 3:32 am
Kerim
You’re lucky because Istanbul is much cooler than it was a week ago. Have fun and try the raki.