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. 1997 Apr;90(4):187–191. doi: 10.1177/014107689709000403

Measuring hospital performance: are we asking the right questions?

M McKee 1, A M Rafferty 1, L Aiken 1
PMCID: PMC1296213  PMID: 9155751

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