Inappropriately delayed discharge from hospital: What do we know?

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7395, 2003, Pages 927-928

  Vetter, Norman ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0038298996     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.326.7395.927     Document Type: Review

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