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Healthcare Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 14-24

  Evans, Robert G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAID; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEDICARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; POLITICS; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TELEMEDICINE; TONSILLECTOMY; UNITED STATES; UROLOGIC SURGERY; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 74749106177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17156572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12927/hcpol.2009.21057     Document Type: Article

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