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Accuracy of the discharge destination field in administrative data for identifying transfer to a long-term acute care hospital
BACKGROUND: Long-term acute care hospitals (LTACs) provide specialized care for patients recovering from severe acute illness. In order to facilitate research into LTAC utilization and outcomes, we studied whether or not the discharge destination field in administrative data accurately identifies pa...
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BioMed Central
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2917437/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20663175 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-3-205 |