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328 related items for PubMed ID: 12771069
1. Differences in operative mortality between high- and low-volume hospitals in Ontario for 5 major surgical procedures: estimating the number of lives potentially saved through regionalization. Urbach DR, Bell CM, Austin PC. CMAJ; 2003 May 27; 168(11):1409-14. PubMed ID: 12771069 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related]
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