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Letter to the Editor| Volume 107, P120-121, January 2023

Variability in blood testing policy in internal medicine and clinical outcomes

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    Jacob David Miller
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    Clinical Research Center, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, PO Box 151, Be'er-Sheva 84101, Israel
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    Daniel Ostrovsky
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  • Victor Novack
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Published:September 15, 2022DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2022.09.007
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      Published online: September 15, 2022
      Accepted: September 7, 2022
      Received: August 30, 2022

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2022.09.007

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