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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