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. 2015 Mar 1;4(2):7–9. doi: 10.7453/gahmj.2015.005

“Perverse Incentives” and the Triple Aim: Overcoming the Troubled Path to Economic Integration for Integrative Medicine and Health

Los “incentivos perversos” y el objetivo triple: superar el tortuoso camino hacia la integración económica para la medicina integral y la salud

John Weeks 1
PMCID: PMC4424912  PMID: 25984397

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