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RS Rhodes, TW Biester - Surgical Clinics of North America, 2007 - Elsevier The processes that lead to certification by the American Board of Surgery (ABS)
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AK Jha, EC Schneider - The American journal of medicine, 2004 - Elsevier Recent reports have confirmed that there is a “chasm” between the current
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JB Dimick, JD Birkmeyer - Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2008 - Elsevier BACKGROUND: It is a widely held belief that detailed risk-adjustment is always
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