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Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care Volume 14, 1996 - Issue 3
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Original Article

Change in ranking order of prescribing patterns by age and sex standardization of the practice population - audit may be misleading

Frede Olesen The Research Unit for General Practice, University of Aarhus, Denmark
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Peter Vedsted The Research Unit for General Practice, University of Aarhus, Denmark
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JØRgen Nørskov Nielsen The Health Insurance, the county of Aarhus, Denmark
Pages 159-164 | Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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