Assessing the necessity of hospital stay by means of the appropriateness evaluation protocol: a different perspective

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S Peiró et al. Int J Qual Health Care. 2001 Aug.

. 2001 Aug;13(4):341-3, author reply 345-6.

doi: 10.1093/intqhc/13.4.341.

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