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Proportion of hospital readmissions deemed avoidable: a systematic review

Carl van Walraven, Carol Bennett, Alison Jennings, Peter C. Austin and Alan J. Forster
CMAJ April 19, 2011 183 (7) E391-E402; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.101860
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vol. 183 no. 7 E391-E402
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https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.101860
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  • Published online April 18, 2011.

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  1. Carl van Walraven, MD MSc⇓,
  2. Carol Bennett, MSc,
  3. Alison Jennings, MA,
  4. Peter C. Austin, PhD,
  5. Alan J. Forster, MD MSc
  1. From the Faculty of Medicine (van Walraven, Forster), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; the Ottawa Health Research Institute (van Walraven, Bennett, Jennings, Forster), Ottawa, Ont.; the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (van Walraven, Austin, Forster), Toronto, Ont.; and the Department of Health Management, Policy and Evaluation, and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Austin), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr. Carl van Walraven, carlv{at}ohri.ca
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