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Editorial
. 2018 Jul;33(7):980-982.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-018-4448-0.

It Is Time to Liberate Hospitals from Profit-Centered Care

Sidney M Wolfe  1 , Steffie Woolhandler  2   3 , David U Himmelstein  4   5
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It Is Time to Liberate Hospitals from Profit-Centered Care

Sidney M Wolfe et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2018 Jul.
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