Reducing lengths of stay for patients hospitalized with chest pain using medical practice guidelines and opinion leaders
Authors:
- Lynne AgocsLALynne Agocs
- Nancy TankelNTNancy Tankel
- Alex ShengASAlex Sheng
- A.Gray EllrodtAEA.Gray Ellrodt
- 1 February 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in The American Journal of Cardiology
- Vol. 71 (4) , 259-262
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