Continuity of hospital care: beyond the question of personal contact.

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Published in BMJ on January 05, 2002

Authors

Unni Krogstad1, Dag Hofoss, Per Hjortdahl

Author Affiliations

1: HELTEF Foundation for Health Services Research, Central Hospital of Akershus, N-1474 Nordbyhagen, Norway. ukrogstad@heltef.no

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