“Price Management” and Its Impact on Hospital Pharmaceutical Expenditure and the Availability of Medicines in New Zealand Hospitals
✍ Scribed by June M. Tordoff; Pauline T. Norris; David M. Reith
- Book ID
- 109078813
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 246 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1098-3015
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