Overcoming bias in estimating the volume-outcome relationship.

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Published in Health Serv Res on February 01, 2006

Authors

Alexander C Tsai1, Mark Votruba, John F P Bridges, Randall D Cebul

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine WG-57, Cleveland, OH 44106-4945, USA.

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