Defragmenting care

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 757-758

  Jencks, Stephen F ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 78751680981     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-153-11-201012070-00010     Document Type: Editorial

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