Which clinical scenarios do surgeons record as complications? A benchmarking study of seven hospitals.

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Published in BMJ Open on June 01, 2015

Authors

Annelies Visser1, Dirk T Ubbink1, Dirk J Gouma1, J Carel Goslings1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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