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Research Article

Cost consequences of point-of-care troponin T testing in a Swedish primary health care setting

Staffan NilssonPrimary Health Care and Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Norrköping, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Agneta AnderssonR&D Department of Local Health Care, County Council of Östergötland, Linköping University, SE-581 85 Linköping, Sweden
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Magnus JanzonDepartment of Cardiology and Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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Jan-Erik KarlssonDepartment of Internal Medicine, County Hospital Ryhov, SE-551 85 Jönköping, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, SE-581 85 Linköping, Sweden
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Lars-Åke LevinDivision of Health Care Analysis, Linköping University, SE-581 85 Linköping, Sweden
Pages 241-247 | Received 23 Aug 2013, Accepted 07 Oct 2014, Published online: 01 Dec 2014

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