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Things we do for no reason™: Prescribing appetite stimulants to hospitalized older adults with unintentional weight loss

Published:2021-10-13 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:1553-5592
Container-title:Journal of Hospital Medicine
language:en
Short-container-title:Journal of Hospital Medicine

Author:

Gay Lindsey¹²,Sheth Shaila¹²,Horstman Molly J.¹³⁴

Affiliation:

1. Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center Houston Texas

2. Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine Houston Texas

3. Section of Health Services Research, Department of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine Houston Texas

4. Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety (IQuESt), Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center Houston Texas

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Assessment and Diagnosis,Care Planning,Health Policy,Fundamentals and skills,General Medicine,Leadership and Management

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.12788/jhm.3652

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