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Comment
. 2019 Aug 12;191(32):E877-E878.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.190912.

Measuring the cost of adverse events in hospital

Lauren Lapointe-Shaw  1 , Chaim M Bell  2
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Measuring the cost of adverse events in hospital

Lauren Lapointe-Shaw et al. CMAJ. .

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