Can readmission rates be used as an outcome indicator?

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Published in BMJ on November 17, 1990

Authors

R Milne1, A Clarke

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health Medicine, Aylesbury Vale Health Authority, Buckinghamshire.

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