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Quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries with disabilities under the age of 65 years

Lisa I Iezzoni Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, RO-137, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA. [email protected]
Pages 261-273 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

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