Hospitals 'Share' One in Five Patients

Courtesy MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Thu, 03/19/2009 - 06:48

SAN DIEGO (MedPage Today) -- Hospitals "share" about 22% of their patients with other institutions over the course of a year, a researcher said here.


 

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