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Impact of physician continuity on death or urgent readmission after discharge among patients with heart failure
Finlay A. McAlister, Erik Youngson, Jeffrey A. Bakal, Padma Kaul, Justin Ezekowitz and Carl van Walraven
CMAJ October 01, 2013 185 (14) E681-E689; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.130048
Finlay A. McAlister
Division of General Internal Medicine (McAlister); Patient Health Outcomes Research and Clinical Effectiveness Unit (McAlister, Youngson, Bakal); Division of Cardiology, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute (Bakal, Kaul, Ezekowitz), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Division of General Internal Medicine (van Walraven), University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.
MD MScErik Youngson
Division of General Internal Medicine (McAlister); Patient Health Outcomes Research and Clinical Effectiveness Unit (McAlister, Youngson, Bakal); Division of Cardiology, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute (Bakal, Kaul, Ezekowitz), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Division of General Internal Medicine (van Walraven), University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.
MMathJeffrey A. Bakal
Division of General Internal Medicine (McAlister); Patient Health Outcomes Research and Clinical Effectiveness Unit (McAlister, Youngson, Bakal); Division of Cardiology, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute (Bakal, Kaul, Ezekowitz), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Division of General Internal Medicine (van Walraven), University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.
PhDPadma Kaul
Division of General Internal Medicine (McAlister); Patient Health Outcomes Research and Clinical Effectiveness Unit (McAlister, Youngson, Bakal); Division of Cardiology, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute (Bakal, Kaul, Ezekowitz), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Division of General Internal Medicine (van Walraven), University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.
PhDJustin Ezekowitz
Division of General Internal Medicine (McAlister); Patient Health Outcomes Research and Clinical Effectiveness Unit (McAlister, Youngson, Bakal); Division of Cardiology, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute (Bakal, Kaul, Ezekowitz), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Division of General Internal Medicine (van Walraven), University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.
MB BCh MScCarl van Walraven
Division of General Internal Medicine (McAlister); Patient Health Outcomes Research and Clinical Effectiveness Unit (McAlister, Youngson, Bakal); Division of Cardiology, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute (Bakal, Kaul, Ezekowitz), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Division of General Internal Medicine (van Walraven), University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.
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Finlay A. McAlister, Erik Youngson, Jeffrey A. Bakal, Padma Kaul, Justin Ezekowitz, Carl van Walraven
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