The Resource-Based Relative Value Scale

Radiology Business Practice: How to Succeed

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 99-117

  Bledsoe, Martin ^a   Hunt, Robin A J ^b   Langdon, Jeffrey C ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 84882554786     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-032304452-3.10008-4     Document Type: Chapter

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