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| but also the key element in its growth. Today | | | | outpatient care centers, ambulatory health care |
| education is a lifelong process, because working | | | | services, medical and diagnostic laboratories, insurance |
| professionals have to continuously upgrade their skills | | | | companies, etc. |
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| tremendously in the coming years. It has been | | | | segments of population. |
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