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The authors would like to thank Professor Nicoli Nattrass at the Centre for Social Science Research for her helpful comments. The authors have no conflicts of interest that are relevant to the contents of this letter.

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  1. Westville Campus, J block, Level 4, Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 4041, South Africa

    Jeff Gow, Michael Strauss & Alan Whiteside

  2. School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia

    Jeff Gow

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Gow, J., Strauss, M. & Whiteside, A. The State of Health Economic Research in South Africa. PharmacoEconomics 31, 251–253 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40273-013-0024-y

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