Effectiveness and safety of an emergency department short-stay unit as an alternative to standard inpatient hospitalisation.

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Published in Emerg Med J on November 01, 2006

Authors

A Juan1, A Salazar, A Alvarez, J R Perez, L Garcia, X Corbella

Author Affiliations

1: Emergency Department, Hospital de Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. ajp@csub.scs.es

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