Reducing (begrudgingly appropriate) interhospital transfers

Mary S Vaughan Sarrazin^{1

2}, Michael E Ohl^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Center for Access & Delivery Research and Evaluation (CADRE), Iowa City VA Health Care System, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.

Editorial

Mary S Vaughan Sarrazin et al. J Hosp Med. 2025.

. 2025 Jun 29.

doi: 10.1002/jhm.70119. Online ahead of print.

Mary S Vaughan Sarrazin^{1

2}, Michael E Ohl^{1

2

3}

¹ Center for Access & Delivery Research and Evaluation (CADRE), Iowa City VA Health Care System, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.

No abstract available

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