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Preventing unnecessary interhospital transfers to urban medical centers

Dat Lea Lawrence General Hospital, Lawrence, MA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Ziad Alfaraha Lawrence General Hospital, Lawrence, MA, USA;b Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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Schawan Kunupakaphuna Lawrence General Hospital, Lawrence, MA, USA
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Pracha Eamranonda Lawrence General Hospital, Lawrence, MA, USA;c Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Pages 422-426 | Received 17 Apr 2018, Accepted 17 Dec 2018, Published online: 08 Jan 2019

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