Continuity of care and patient outcomes after hospital discharge.

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Published in J Gen Intern Med on June 01, 2004

Authors

Carl van Walraven1, Muhammad Mamdani, Jiming Fang, Peter C Austin

Author Affiliations

1: Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. carlv@ohri.ca

Associated clinical trials:

Home Monitoring for Thoracic Surgery Patients | NCT04340960

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