Academic health centers: Current status, future challenges

The Academic Health Center Leadership and Performance

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 4-25

  Blumenthal, David ^a  

^a Institute for Health Policy Massachusetts General Hospital Partners Health Care System   (United States)

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EID: 84927966179     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511543487     Document Type: Chapter

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