Financing health care in the 1980s.
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چکیده
An aging population, national health insurance, and the factors that drove up the cost of health care in the 1970s will accelerate cost increases in the 1980s.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Hospitals
دوره 54 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1980