Characteristics of Supplementary Private Health Insurance Insured and Medical Utilization Behavior
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عنوان ژورنال: The Korean Journal of Health Service Management
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2093-5986
DOI: 10.12811/kshsm.2014.8.2.115