A computational application for multi-skill nurse staffing in hospital units
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From the Department of Health Services, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health, Los Angeles ( J.N.); Vanderbilt University, Nashville (P.B.); Mayo Clinic Department of Health Sciences Research, Rochester, MN (V.S.P., C.L.L., M.H.); and Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (S.R.S.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Harris at the Mayo...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1472-6947
DOI: 10.1186/s12911-018-0638-2