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Acute-care hospitals post data on falls

By Liz Kowalczyk
Globe Staff / October 15, 2007

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The state's 70 acute-care hospitals reported 4,573 patient falls from October 2006 through March of this year, including 1,005 in which patients were injured, according to data being posted on the Massachusetts Hospital Association's website today. (Full article: 495 words)

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