Does the Insurance Status Predict the Outcome of the Trauma Patients with Abdominal Gunshot Wounds? Report from a Level I Trauma Academic Center with a Public Hospital
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Does the Insurance Status Predict the Outcome of the Trauma Patients with Abdominal Gunshot Wounds? Report from a Level I Trauma Academic Center with a Public Hospital
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