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Patient safety begins with proper planning: a quantitative method to improve hospital design.

Birnbach DJ, Nevo I, Scheinman SR, et al. Patient safety begins with proper planning: a quantitative method to improve hospital design. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19(5):462-5. doi:10.1136/qshc.2008.031013.

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November 24, 2010
Birnbach DJ, Nevo I, Scheinman SR, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19(5):462-5.
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Birnbach DJ, Nevo I, Scheinman SR, et al. Patient safety begins with proper planning: a quantitative method to improve hospital design. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19(5):462-5. doi:10.1136/qshc.2008.031013.

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