Nurse Staffing and Inpatient Hospital Mortality
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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 Clinic, Department of Health Sciences Research, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, MN 55905, or at [email protected].
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تاریخ انتشار 2011