Medicare changes to the hospital inpatient prospective payment systems: commentary on the implications for the hospital-based wound care clinician.
Krapfl
Lee Ann
LA
Mercy Medical Center, Dubuque, IA 52001, USA. krapflla@mercyhealth.com
Mackey
Dianne
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