NHS funds for fundholders and non-fundholders Cost calculations are incorrect
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Effect of fundholding and indicative prescribing schemes on general practitioners' prescribing costs.
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.309.6959.956