The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 117, Issue 3 , Pages 202-203 , 1 August 2004

Should U.S. hospitals go 24/7?

  • Joel S Weissman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (JSW), USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Joel S. Weissman, Ph.D, Associate Professor of Health Policy, Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital, 50 Staniford Street, 9th floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
    • ,
  • Eran Bendavid, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (EB), USA

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PII: S0002-9343(04)00254-2

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.04.005

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 117, Issue 3 , Pages 202-203 , 1 August 2004

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