Gaps in the continuity of care and progress on patient safety.

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Published in BMJ on March 18, 2000

Authors

R I Cook1, M Render, D D Woods

Author Affiliations

1: VA Patient Safety Center of Inquiry (GAPS), University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. ri-cook@uchicago.edu

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