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Volume 76, Issue 894
Doctor or nurse? The patients' choice
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May 2004
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Jul 2004
42
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Aug 2004
46
50
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32
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Oct 2004
18
25
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10
30
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6
42
1
Jan 2005
14
21
5
Feb 2005
16
43
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15
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Apr 2005
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Jun 2005
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19
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26
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9
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5
9
2
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27
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1
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23
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42
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4
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22
3
5
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26
3
2
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16
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2
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14
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6
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14
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2
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16
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4
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22
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3
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11
7
2
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15
7
5
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10
3
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9
2
1
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11
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4
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17
10
9
Dec 2009
9
4
2
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19
7
3
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18
3
3
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23
7
6
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19
3
3
May 2010
26
5
5
Jun 2010
15
5
3
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17
4
1
Aug 2010
2
1
4
Sep 2010
20
2
4
Oct 2010
14
1
1
Nov 2010
17
5
2
Dec 2010
7
1
3
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15
6
4
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13
5
4
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14
0
1
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14
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5
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2
3
2
Jun 2011
11
0
2
Jul 2011
22
0
0
Aug 2011
9
3
3
Sep 2011
12
0
0
Oct 2011
16
6
2
Nov 2011
28
8
3
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13
9
9
Jan 2012
12
17
6
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12
13
3
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14
11
7
Apr 2012
28
25
8
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25
21
6
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23
18
5
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8
15
7
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8
14
9
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20
14
14
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28
21
14
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23
28
7
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14
14
6
Jan 2013
22
18
8
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11
22
9
Mar 2013
16
14
14
Apr 2013
17
20
10
May 2013
11
21
14
Jun 2013
6
15
8
Jul 2013
9
13
3
Aug 2013
5
6
1
Sep 2013
6
14
8
Oct 2013
8
19
3
Nov 2013
25
13
9
Dec 2013
15
16
5
Jan 2014
2
5
4
Feb 2014
14
18
9
Mar 2014
8
8
7
Apr 2014
22
11
6
May 2014
4
10
10
Jun 2014
2
14
9
Jul 2014
14
19
14
Aug 2014
7
8
15
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7
12
12
Oct 2014
10
11
10
Nov 2014
8
28
16
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5
15
13
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3
22
15
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7
15
7
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13
27
16
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7
16
7
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9
23
17
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6
20
17
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3
23
14
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22
19
15
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12
18
15
Oct 2015
5
8
6
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5
9
13
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9
16
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11
60
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9
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11
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7
21
13
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16
10
12
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8
14
13
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11
6
5
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14
6
13
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19
17
12
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10
9
9
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2
8
4
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0
2
0
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1
24
3
Apr 2017
0
37
9
May 2017
1
20
3
Jun 2017
9
21
8
Jul 2017
26
24
4
Aug 2017
21
21
4
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33
25
6
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35
23
4
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48
36
3
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50
46
6
Jan 2018
38
34
5
Feb 2018
37
35
10
Mar 2018
51
49
9
Apr 2018
68
52
8
May 2018
73
58
4
Jun 2018
42
40
8
Jul 2018
85
85
4
Aug 2018
121
121
5
Sep 2018
143
137
10
Oct 2018
156
156
6
Nov 2018
110
106
10
Dec 2018
48
48
7
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41
36
10
Feb 2019
30
28
9
Mar 2019
31
29
26
Apr 2019
32
25
10
May 2019
34
32
10
Jun 2019
24
18
7
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35
33
20
Aug 2019
43
43
11
Sep 2019
75
74
15
Oct 2019
78
78
6
Nov 2019
81
77
15
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78
78
7
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71
72
9
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73
71
6
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48
48
12
Apr 2020
59
59
5
May 2020
48
48
7
Jun 2020
66
60
13
Jul 2020
63
60
5
Aug 2020
55
52
9
Sep 2020
70
68
2
Oct 2020
65
65
8
Nov 2020
69
68
3
Dec 2020
59
57
6
Jan 2021
80
80
12
Feb 2021
104
96
10
Mar 2021
100
96
8
Apr 2021
62
62
7
May 2021
85
88
9
Jun 2021
93
101
5
Jul 2021
77
82
7
Aug 2021
143
152
5
Sep 2021
94
98
3
Oct 2021
78
79
17
Nov 2021
148
149
18
Dec 2021
278
285
10
Jan 2022
181
180
13
Feb 2022
179
179
16
Mar 2022
158
154
14
Apr 2022
102
96
3
May 2022
148
144
22
Jun 2022
107
107
8
Jul 2022
95
93
9
Aug 2022
108
106
6
Sep 2022
111
111
23
Oct 2022
78
76
10
Nov 2022
85
77
11
Dec 2022
78
78
4
Jan 2023
82
60
5
Feb 2023
53
43
3
Mar 2023
51
46
3
Apr 2023
37
32
9
May 2023
46
47
9
Total
8117
8523
1917
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