Paediatric inpatient utilisation in a district general hospital.

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Published in Arch Dis Child on June 01, 1994

Authors

Y Thakker1, T A Sheldon, R Long, R MacFaul

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Paediatrics, Milton Keynes General NHS Trust, Eaglestone.

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