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Research Article

Patient trajectories in a Norwegian unit of municipal emergency beds

Heidi NilsenResearch Unit for General Practice, Uni Research Health, Bergen, Norway; View further author information
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Steinar HunskaarDepartment of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; ;National Centre for Emergency Primary Health Care, Uni Research Health, Bergen, NorwayView further author information
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Sabine RuthsResearch Unit for General Practice, Uni Research Health, Bergen, Norway; ;Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 137-142 | Received 04 Oct 2016, Accepted 03 Mar 2017, Published online: 07 Jun 2017

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