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Editorial
. 2021 May;14(5):e008558.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.121.008558. Epub 2021 May 15.

Health Insurance and Left Ventricular Assist Device Outcomes: Focus on the Patient Journey, Not the Destination

John M Stacy  1 , Prateeti Khazanie  2
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Editorial

Health Insurance and Left Ventricular Assist Device Outcomes: Focus on the Patient Journey, Not the Destination

John M Stacy et al. Circ Heart Fail. 2021 May.
No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; ethics; health policy; heart failure; insurance, health.

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