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Original article

Healthcare utilization and costs of veterans health administration patients with schizophrenia treated with paliperidone palmitate long-acting injection or oral atypical antipsychotics

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Pages 357-365 | Accepted 18 Dec 2014, Published online: 19 Jan 2015

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