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Ramsay AIG, Ledger J, Tomini SM, et al. Prehospital video triage of potential stroke patients in North Central London and East Kent: rapid mixed-methods service evaluation. Southampton (UK): National Institute for Health and Care Research; 2022 Sep. (Health and Social Care Delivery Research, No. 10.26.)

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