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Enhancing the appropriateness of hospital bed use

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Edward J Dickinson
Edward J Dickinson*
Affiliation:
Royal College of Physicians, London, UK
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Edward J Dickinson Research Unit, Royal College of Physicians, 11 St Andrews Place, London NW1 4LE, UK.
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , May 1995 , pp. 239 - 243
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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