Impact of prospective payments on a tertiary care center receiving large numbers of critically ill patients by aeromedical transport.

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Published in Crit Care Med on March 01, 1986

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F Thomas, K Larsen, T P Clemmer, J P Burke, J F Orme, M Napoli, E Christison

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