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HIV and early hospital readmission: evaluation of a tertiary medical facility in Lilongwe, Malawi

Abstract Background Delivery of quality healthcare in resource-limited settings is an important, understudied public health priority. Thirty-day (early) hospital readmission is often avoidable and an important indicator of healthcare quality. Methods We investigated the prevalence of all-cause early...

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Main Authors:	Kashmira Satish Chawla (Author), Nora E. Rosenberg (Author), Christopher Stanley (Author), Mitch Matoga (Author), Alice Maluwa (Author), Cecilia Kanyama (Author), Jonathan Ngoma (Author), Mina C. Hosseinipour (Author)
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Published:	BMC, 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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