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Cost effectiveness a question mark. Blue Shield summarizes second opinion program.

B Langdon
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B Langdon. 1978. Cost effectiveness a question mark. Blue Shield summarizes second opinion program.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/100755/

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