Sustainability and scalability of the hospital elder life program at a community hospital.

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Published in J Am Geriatr Soc on February 01, 2011

Authors

Fred H Rubin1, Kelly Neal, Kerry Fenlon, Shuja Hassan, Sharon K Inouye

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. rubinfh@upmc.edu

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