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Good Intentions, False Economy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

James T. Lee*
Affiliation:
Veterans' Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
*
VA Medical Center, 1 Veterans Dr, Minneapolis, MN 55417
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Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1998

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