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Association of communication between hospital-based physicians and primary care providers with patient outcomes.
Bell CM, Schnipper JL, Auerbach AD, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24:381-386.

This study demonstrates opportunities for improving communication between inpatient provider teams and primary care providers but does not find a relationship between these communications and patient outcomes.
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