The importance of understanding hospital and country-specific case-mix for neonatal patients.
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a Department of Pediatrics, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, United States b Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States c Center for Outcomes Research, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, United States d Center for Perinatal and Pediatric Health Disparities Research, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, United States e Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Jornal de pediatria
دوره 91 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015