The Impact of Outpatient Coinsurance Rate Increase on Outpatient Healthcare Service Utilization in Tertiary and General Hospital
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Kim, Hyo-Jeong
(Department of Healthcare Management, Graduate School of Eulji University)
Kim, Young-Hoon (Department of Healthcare Management, Graduate School of Eulji University) Kim, Han-Sung (Department of Healthcare Management, Graduate School of Eulji University) Woo, Jung-Sik (Department of Healthcare Management, Graduate School of Eulji University) Oh, Su-Jin (Department of Healthcare Management, Graduate School of Eulji University) |
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