The Exclusion of Benzodiazepine Coverage in Medicare: Simple Steps for Avoiding a Public Health Crisis
- 1 September 2005
- journal article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in Psychiatric Services
- Vol. 56 (9) , 1143-1146
- https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.9.1143
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