Measuring potentially avoidable hospital readmissions

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Year: 2002
Type: article
Volume: 55
Issue: 6
Pages: 573-587
Citations: 238
Access: Closed

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                                    Patricia Halfon, 
                                
                                    Yves Eggli, 
                                
                                    Guy van Melle
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2002). 
                            Measuring potentially avoidable hospital readmissions. 
                            Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
                            , 55
                            (6)
                            , 573-587.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0895-4356(01)00521-2
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0895-4356(01)00521-2