Upcoding and Anesthesia Risk in Outpatient Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Procedures
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عنوان ژورنال: JAMA Internal Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2168-6106
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.1244