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Vol. 146 No. 4142 (2016)

The challenge of reducing hospital readmissions: a geriatrician’s perspective

  • Andreas Stuck
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2016.14357
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Swiss Med Wkly. 2016;146:w14357
Published
09.10.2016

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