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Is the BLADDER score the “boost” we need?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 October 2024

Lindsay N. Taylor*
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA William S. Middleton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Madison, WI, USA University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI, USA
Christopher J. Crnich
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA William S. Middleton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Madison, WI, USA University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI, USA
Robin L.P. Jump
Affiliation:
TECH-GRECC, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
*
Corresponding author: Lindsay N. Taylor; Email: [email protected]

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© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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