Effect of discharge summary availability during post-discharge visits on hospital readmission
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- 1 March 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of General Internal Medicine
- Vol. 17 (3) , 186-192
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1525-1497.2002.10741.x
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine if the delivery of hospital discharge summaries to follow-up physicians decreases the risk of hospital reaKeywords
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