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Published in: Internal and Emergency Medicine 1/2017

01-02-2017 | CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Lack of correlation between physician and nurses’ ability to predict worse hospital outcomes of older medical patients

Authors: Marco Cei, Barbara Marini, Nicola Mumoli

Published in: Internal and Emergency Medicine | Issue 1/2017

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Dear Editor, …
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Title
Lack of correlation between physician and nurses’ ability to predict worse hospital outcomes of older medical patients
Authors
Marco Cei
Barbara Marini
Nicola Mumoli
Publication date
01-02-2017
Publisher
Springer Milan
Published in
Internal and Emergency Medicine / Issue 1/2017
Print ISSN: 1828-0447
Electronic ISSN: 1970-9366
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-016-1528-1

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