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Predictors of Thirty-Day Readmission Among Hospitalized Family Medicine Patients

Gregory M. Garrison, Meghna P. Mansukhani and Bradley Bohn
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2013, 26 (1) 71-77; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2013.01.120107
Gregory M. Garrison
From the Department of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (GMG BB); and Affiliated Community Medical Centers, Willmar, MN (MPM).
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Meghna P. Mansukhani
From the Department of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (GMG BB); and Affiliated Community Medical Centers, Willmar, MN (MPM).
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Bradley Bohn
From the Department of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (GMG BB); and Affiliated Community Medical Centers, Willmar, MN (MPM).
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Jan 2013, 26 (1) 71-77; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2013.01.120107

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