Competition, Payers, and Hospital Quality1
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Competition, payers, and hospital quality.
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Services Research
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0017-9124,1475-6773
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2003.00185.x