Cost containment and quality of care in Japan: is there a trade-off?

@article{Hashimoto2011CostCA,
  title={Cost containment and quality of care in Japan: is there a trade-off?},
  author={Hideki Hashimoto and Naoki Ikegami and Kenji Shibuya and Nobuyuki Izumida and Haruko Noguchi and Hideo Yasunaga and Hiroaki Miyata and Jose M. Acuin and Michael R. Reich},
  journal={The Lancet},
  year={2011},
  volume={378},
  pages={1174-1182}
}
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