Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 6 , Pages 627-629 , June 2001

Frequent emergency department use in Sweden: Implications for emergency medicine in the United States

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doi: 10.1067/mem.2001.115175

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 6 , Pages 627-629 , June 2001

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