233 Effectiveness of Rural Emergency Department-Based Pain Contract on Emergency Department Visits Among Emergency Department Frequent Users
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0196-0644
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2017.07.455