Out-of-pocket payments and use of care for serious and minor symptoms. Results of a national survey.

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Published in Arch Intern Med on July 01, 1989

Authors

M F Shapiro1, R A Hayward, H E Freeman, S Sudman, C R Corey

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles 90024-1685.

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