Influence of patients' socioeconomic status on clinical management decisions: a qualitative study.

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Published in Ann Fam Med on January 15, 2008

Authors

Susannah M Bernheim1, Joseph S Ross, Harlan M Krumholz, Elizabeth H Bradley

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St, PO Box 208025, New Haven, CT 208088, USA. susannah.bernheim@yale.edu

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