Identifying Patient Door-to-Room Goals to Minimize Left-Without-Being-Seen Rates
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Identifying Patient Door-to-Room Goals to Minimize Left-Without-Being-Seen Rates
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عنوان ژورنال: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1936-900X,1936-9018
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2015.7.25878