Letter
Use of healthcare resources in the last six months of life
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BMJ
2004;328:1202.1
- Rachelle E Bernacki, Robert Wood Johnson clinical scholar (rbernack@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu)
- University of Chicago, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC 2007, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
How doctors learn may explain results
EDITOR—Wennberg et al hypothesise that marked variation in use of healthcare resources at the end of life may be explained largely by variations in the supply of doctors and beds.1 Although this may play an important part, …
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