Health Information Exchange Improves Identification Of Frequent Emergency Department Users
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Screening of mental health and substance users in frequent users of a general Swiss emergency department
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Affairs
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0278-2715,1544-5208
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0167