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Old Dec 16, 2007, 07:15 PM
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Does anyone have a good definition? Is there a length of admission, number of admits within ashort-period, or other measure of what constitutes one vs the other? Just asking becasue a BPD pt flew off the handle at me for suggesting chronic care might be more appropriate.

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