Research ArticleOriginal Research

Visit Entropy Associated with Hospital Readmission Rates

Gregory M. Garrison, Rachel Keuseman, Buck Bania, Paul Robelia and Jennifer Pecina
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2017, 30 (1) 63-70; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2017.01.160186

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