Healthcare Disparities and Risk Factors for Readmission after General Surgical Procedures
β Scribed by Kasotakis, Georgios; Peitzman, Elizabeth; King, Elizabeth G.; Starr, Nichole; Hebert, Christopher J.; Rosenkranz, Pamela; Sarkar, Beda; McAneny, David; Burke, Peter A.; Doherty, Gerard M.
- Book ID
- 126833674
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 48 KB
- Volume
- 219
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1072-7515
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