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. 2021 Nov;36(11):3644-3646.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-07052-5. Epub 2021 Aug 6.

Acute Care at Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic Surge in Boston

David Michael Levine  1   2 , Henry Mitchell  3 , Nicole Rosario  3 , Robert B Boxer  3   4 , Charles A Morris  3   4 , Kathryn A Britton  4   5 , Jeffrey L Schnipper  3   4
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Acute Care at Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic Surge in Boston

David Michael Levine et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Nov.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

David Levine: Dr. Levine receives funding from Biofourmis for an investigator-initiated artificial intelligence study on deterioration of home hospital patients and home hospital software, separate from the present work. He also receives funding from IBM, separate from the present work.

Jeffrey Schnipper: Dr. Schnipper is the recipient of funding from Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals for an investigator-initiated study of opioid–related adverse drug events in post-operative hospitalized patients.

All other authors: None.

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Bed requirements for patients with COVID-19 and home hospital bed capacity creation.
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