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Abstract

Background  Physicians, influenced by various pressures, may document information in patient records that they did not personally observe.

Objective  To evaluate the hospital chart documentation practices of internists and internal medicine sub-specialists in the Northeastern
United States.

Design  An anoNY (New York)mous mail survey questionnaire.

Participants  One thousand one hundred twenty-six randomly selected internists and internal medicine sub-specialists.
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