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Attribution. Naomi J Fulop; Holly Walton; Nadia Crellin; Theo Georghiou; Lauren Herlitz; Ian Litchfield et al. (2023). A rapid mixed-methods evaluation of remote home monitoring models during the COVID-19 pandemic in England. National Institute for Health and Care Research. Copyright © 2023 Fulop et al. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. NCBI Bookshelf NBK595751. CC BY 4.0. Original source ↗. Text reproduced from the Bookshelf XML without changing wording; figures, images and supplements are not reproduced.

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