Derivation and validation of a diagnostic score based on case-mix groups to predict 30-day death or urgent readmission

Open Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1-10

  van Walraven, Carl ^a,b,c   Wong, Jenna ^a,b   Forster, Alan J ^a,b,c  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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