To the editor

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 375, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 493-

  Woolhandler, Steffie ^a   Himmelstein, David U ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION;

EID: 84982145798     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1606658     Document Type: Letter

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