Accepting Critically Ill Transfer Patients

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What is the problem and what is known about it so far?

To make wise choices about their health care, people often want to know about the quality and efficiency of the care being dispensed by individual physicians, groups of physicians, hospitals, and health systems. Various organizations, like health insurance companies, and regulatory agencies, like …

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