"When There Are Enough Cracks, Everyone Steps on Them": Administrative Burdens in the US Health Care System.
Paul R Shafer
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- Paul R Shafer: Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. ORCID
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