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Value-Driven Health Care: Proceed With Caution

Kenneth S. Fink
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2008, 21 (5) 458-460; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2008.05.080082
Kenneth S. Fink
MD, MGA, MPH
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