The impact of the national practitioner data bank on licensing actions by state medical licensing boards

Journal of Health and Human Services Administration

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 94-126

  Jesilow, Paul ^a   Ohlander, Julianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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