Aubrey O. Hampton Lecture. Can radiology save managed care? Preserving quality in the face of managed competition.
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Competition on quality in managed care.
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Roentgenology
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0361-803X,1546-3141
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.170.1.9423586