Quality vascular surgical care: the importance of innovation and change in an era of dwindling reimbursement.

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Published in South Med J on April 01, 2001

Authors

C J Buckley1, D E Patterson, L G Manning, S D Lee

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, Texas A&M University Health Science Center and Scott & White Clinic & Hospital, Temple 76508, USA.

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