Mortality Rate Is Not a Valid Indicator of Quality Differences Between Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Programs
- 31 January 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
- Vol. 89 (1), 139-146
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.08.058
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