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General Paper

Location of services and the impact on healthcare quality: insights from a simulation of a musculoskeletal physiotherapy service

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Pages 1212-1221 | Received 30 Jun 2011, Accepted 04 Sep 2014, Published online: 21 Dec 2017

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