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Original Research

Lessons learned from the implementation of a medically enhanced residential treatment (MERT) model integrating intravenous antibiotics and residential addiction treatment

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Pages 225-232 | Received 15 Sep 2017, Accepted 04 Mar 2018, Published online: 03 Dec 2018

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