Attributing Inpatient Medicare Costs to Diabetes Among the Texas Elderly
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Attributing inpatient medicare costs to diabetes among the Texas elderly.
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عنوان ژورنال: Diabetes Care
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0149-5992,1935-5548
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.25.11.1958