Publication of postdischarge and readmission complications: failure, folly, or funding opportunity?: comment on "Association of postdischarge complications with reoperation and mortality in general surgery"

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Desmond C Winter. Arch Surg. 2012 Nov.

. 2012 Nov;147(11):10007-8.

doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.496.

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Association of postdischarge complications with reoperation and mortality in general surgery.
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