Payments and quality of care in private for-profit and public hospitals in Greece
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Payments and quality of care in private for-profit and public hospitals in Greece
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Health Services Research
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-234