Drug-Eluting Stent Use Among Low-Income Patients in Maharashtra After Statewide Price Reductions.

Circ Cardiovasc Interv

Michigan Integrated Center for Health Analytics and Medical Prediction, Department of Internal Medicine (B.G., K.S., B.K.N.), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Published: April 2019

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