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non-professionals representing a heavy majority. Current ongoing research into the cost-effectiveness of such a decision has focused on increasing disparities and conflicts of "business ethics and medical ethics" that affect "profitability versus patient and public health care," as administrative overhead makes up a disproportionate amount of health cost.
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