What We Can Learn from Medicare Data on Early Deaths After Emergency Department Discharge

Overview

Journal J Thorac Dis

Publisher AME Publishing Company

Specialty Pulmonary Medicine

Date 2017 Aug 26

PMID 28840908

Authors

Sukayna Z AlFaraj

Jesse M Pines

Affiliations

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