MN Marshall, PG Shekelle, S Leatherman, RH … - Jama, 2000 - Am Med Assoc Context Information about the performance of hospitals, health professionals,
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GT O'connor, SK Plume, EM Olmstead, JR … - JAMA, 1996 - Am Med Assoc OBJECTIVE: To determine whether an organized intervention including data
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SF Khuri, J Daley, W Henderson, K Hur, JO … - Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 1997 - Elsevier This cohort study was conducted in 44 Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. Included
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EC Schneider, AM Epstein - New England Journal of Medicine, 1996 - content.nejm.org Results Eighty-two percent of the cardiologists and all the cardiac surgeons
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J Green, N Wintfeld - The New England journal of medicine, 1995 - nejm.highwire.org These important findings remain controversial because of skepticism,
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