Impact of short evidence summaries in discharge letters on adherence of practitioners to discharge medication. A cluster-randomised controlled trial.

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Published in Qual Saf Health Care on December 01, 2007

Authors

R Kunz1, K Wegscheider, G Guyatt, W Zielinski, N Rakowsky, N Donner-Banzhoff, S Müller-Lissner

Author Affiliations

1: Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Hebelstrasse 10, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland. rkunz@uhbs.ch

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