The cost of privatization: extra payments to Medicare Advantage Plans--2005 update.
Biles
Brian
B
Department of Health Policy, George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, USA. bbiles@gwu.edu
Nicholas
Lauren Hersch
LH
Cooper
Barbara
B
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