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Development of the Elective Outpatient Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Episode–Based Cost Measure
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title Development of the Elective Outpatient Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Episode–Based Cost Measure
title_full Development of the Elective Outpatient Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Episode–Based Cost Measure
title_fullStr Development of the Elective Outpatient Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Episode–Based Cost Measure
title_full_unstemmed Development of the Elective Outpatient Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Episode–Based Cost Measure
title_short Development of the Elective Outpatient Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Episode–Based Cost Measure
title_sort development of the elective outpatient percutaneous coronary intervention episode–based cost measure
title_unstemmed Development of the Elective Outpatient Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Episode–Based Cost Measure
topic Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/circoutcomes.119.006461