The surgical risk scale as an improved tool for risk-adjusted analysis in comparative surgical audit
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- 1 June 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 89 (6), 763-768
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2168.2002.02080.x
Abstract
Background. Comparative surgical audit is becoming increasingly important although it is fraught with difficulties due to risk-adjusted analysis. MethodKeywords
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