Out-of-pocket health care expenditure burden for Medicare beneficiaries with cancer
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Medicare Beneficiaries’ Out-of-Pocket Spending for Health Care
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0008-543X
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.27848