Measuring the Quality of Medical Care Through Vital Statistics Based on Hospital Service Areas: 1. Comparative Study of Appendectomy Rates
American Journal of Public Health and the Nations HealthPublished 1 March 1952
Paul A. Lembcke
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Measuring the Quality of Medical Care Through Vital Statistics Based on Hospital Service Areas: 1. Comparative Study of Appendectomy Rates Paul A. Lembcke CopyRight*Presented before the Medical Care Section of the American Public Health Association at the Seventy-ninth Annual Meeting in San Francisco, Calif., November 1, 1951. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.42.3.276 Published Online: August 29, 2011
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Economics, Econometrics and Finance
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