Reducing variation in hospital admissions from the emergency department for low-mortality conditions may produce savings.

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Health Affairs

• Publication date

  2014-09-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Economics

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  DOI 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.1318PMID 25201672
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