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Laura E. Panattoni, PhD, on Costs of Preventable Emergency Department Use

2017 Quality Care Symposium

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Laura E. Panattoni, PhD, of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, discusses results from a regional study on emergency department costs during cancer treatment and the need to focus on managing symptoms (Abstract 2).



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