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Akira EndoAtsushi ShiraishiKiyohide FushimiYasuhiro OtomoPublished in: Journal of intensive care (2020)
Patient transfer between hospitals can be one of the biases when evaluating the hospital performance in severe burn care. Optimal handling of such a population is challenging in the analysis of an inpatient database not specialized for burn due to the lack of detailed information.