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. 2000 Mar;9(1):53–57. doi: 10.1136/qhc.9.1.53

Public disclosure of performance data: learning from the US experience

M Marshall 1, P Shekelle 1, S Leatherman 1, R Brook 1
PMCID: PMC1743503  PMID: 10848371

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