Should we take the C-TraIn to reduce hospital readmissions?

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Irfan A Dhalla et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2014 Nov.

. 2014 Nov;29(11):1432-3.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-014-3023-6.

¹ Department of Medicine and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, dhallai@smh.ca.

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The care transitions innovation (C-TraIn) for socioeconomically disadvantaged adults: results of a cluster randomized controlled trial.
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