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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

The economics of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in a US managed-care setting: a retrospective, claims-based analysis

B. L. Cryer University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX, USA
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C. M. Wilcox University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA
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H. J. Henk i3 Innovus, Eden Prairie, MN, USA
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G. Zlateva Pfizer, Inc., New York, NY, USA
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L. Chen Pfizer, Inc., New York, NY, USA
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V. Zarotsky i3 Innovus, Eden Prairie, MN, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 70-77 | Published online: 04 Jan 2010

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