Consequences of federal patient transfer regulations: effect of the 2003 EMTALA revision on a tertiary referral center and evidence of possible misuse.
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, USA. David.Kao@ucdenver.edu
David P
DP
Kao
Marina H
MH
Martin
Amar K
AK
Das
Stephen J
SJ
Ruoss
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