Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program
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Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program: An Economic and Operational Analysis
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عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.114.010270