Hospitalists: the missing link in complex patient care.

Croat Med J

Dorja Vočanec, Department of Social Medicine and Organization of Health Care, Andrija Štampar School of Public Health, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia,

Published: October 2023

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3325/cmj.2023.64.374DOI Listing

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