Medical stewardship: Pathology evidence based ordering to reduce inappropriate test ordering in a teaching hospital
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Hospital Administration
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1927-7008,1927-6990
DOI: 10.5430/jha.v5n1p73