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. 1989 Nov 25;299(6711):1323–1325. doi: 10.1136/bmj.299.6711.1323

Pity the poor gatekeeper: a transatlantic perspective on cost containment in clinical practice.

T R Taylor 1
PMCID: PMC1838186  PMID: 2513940

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