Estimating Transition Probabilities in Mobility and Total Costs for Medicare Beneficiaries
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0003-9993
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2010.08.010