Primary Care Physician Characteristics Associated with Low Value Care Spending
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1557-2625,1558-7118
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2019.02.180111