Digestive Diseases and Sciences

, Volume 29, Issue 5, pp 463–465 | Cite as

Cost containment in gastroenterology

  • D. M. Switz
  • S. H. Danovitch
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Public Health Cost Containment 
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© Plenum Publishing Corporation 1984

Authors and Affiliations

  • D. M. Switz
    • 1
    • 2
  • S. H. Danovitch
    • 1
    • 2
  1. 1.Departments of MedicineMedical College of VirginiaRichmond
  2. 2.Departments of MedicineGeorge Washington UniversityWashington, DC

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