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Safely and effectively reducing inpatient length of stay: a controlled study of the General Internal Medicine Care Transformation Initiative
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  • Finlay A McAlister Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Patient Health Outcomes Research and Clinical Effectiveness Unit, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jeffrey A Bakal Patient Health Outcomes Research and Clinical Effectiveness Unit, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Data Integration Measurement and Reporting, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Sumit R Majumdar Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Patient Health Outcomes Research and Clinical Effectiveness Unit, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Stafford Dean Data Integration Measurement and Reporting, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Rajdeep S Padwal Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Patient Health Outcomes Research and Clinical Effectiveness Unit, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Narmin Kassam Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Maria Bacchus Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ann Colbourne Integrated Quality Management, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Finlay A McAlister, 2F1.21 WMC, University of Alberta Hospital, 8440 112 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2R7; Finlay.McAlister{at}ualberta.ca
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McAlister FA, Bakal JA, Majumdar SR, et al
Safely and effectively reducing inpatient length of stay: a controlled study of the General Internal Medicine Care Transformation Initiative
BMJ Quality & Safety 2014;23:446-456.

Publication history

  • Received July 4, 2013
  • Revised September 4, 2013
  • Accepted September 11, 2013
  • First published October 9, 2013.
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May 13, 2016

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