Performance measurement at a "tipping point".

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Published in Anesth Analg on March 08, 2011

Authors

Laurent G Glance1, Mark Neuman, Elizabeth A Martinez, Kenneth Y Pauker, Richard P Dutton

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Ave., Box 604, Rochester, NY 14642, USA. Laurent_Glance@urmc.rochester.edu

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