Hospital adoption of laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

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Published in Med Care on October 01, 1994

Authors

A M Fendrick1, J J Escarce, C McLane, J A Shea, J S Schwartz

Author Affiliations

1: Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

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