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Price-Transparency and Cost Accounting
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0046-9580,1945-7243
DOI: 10.1177/0046958015574981