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Physician Health Management Skills and Patient Outcomes

Emilia Simeonova, Niels Skipper and Peter Rønø Thingholm
Published online before print December 07, 2022, 0420-10833R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0420-10833R1
Emilia Simeonova
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#Niels Skipper is a professor of economics at Aarhus University Department of Economics and Business Economics
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Peter Rønø Thingholm
#Peter Rønø Thingholm is an assistant professor at Aarhus University Department of Economics and Business Economics
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