Robotic Surgery: An Example of When Newer Is Not Always Better but Clearly More Expensive
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[Budgetary blues: more is not always better].
Después de años de un continuado crecimiento muy por encima el de nuestro producto interior bruto, el gasto sanitario empieza mostrar inequívocamente su frenada. Las alegrías de su pasado umento se tornan en tristeza y decaimiento, con una verosímil endencia a ir a menos. Es comprensible que la situación no suscite legría, pero no deja de extrañar la generalizada preocupación por l «mal color» ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Milbank Quarterly
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0887-378X
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.12178