Medical manuscripts impact of hospice enrollment on cost and length of stay of a terminal admission.

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Published in Am J Hosp Palliat Care on September 05, 2012

Authors

Michelle T Weckmann1, Katherine Freund, Camden Bay, Ann Broderick

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Family Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. michelle-weckmann@uiowa.edu

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