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Hospital manipulations in the DRG system: a systematic scoping review

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5372/1905-7415.0703.180 | Journal eISSN: 1875-855X | Journal ISSN: 1905-7415
Language: English
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Published on: Feb 4, 2017
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