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The burden of call: an objective approach to determining financial payment
H Lester Reed1, Maria C Hayduk, Benjamin L Tollefsen
1Acute Care MultiCare Health System, Tacoma, Washington, USA. lester.reed@multicare.org
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Discover a formulaic approach to paying for call that a health system in Tacoma, Washington, uses that quantifies, monitors and budgets the costs of call coverage.
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