Comparing hospital mortality – how to count does matter for patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), stroke and hip fracture
Open Access
- 22 October 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Health Services Research
- Vol. 12 (1), 364
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-12-364
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