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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 20.
Published in final edited form as: Health Aff (Millwood). 2009 Mar–Apr;28(2):526–532. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.28.2.526

EXHIBIT 4.

Mortality From Hip And Knee Replacements Among Medicare Beneficiaries, BY Hospital Tier, Among Hospitals Participating In The CMS/Premier Hospital Quality Initiative Demonstration, 2004/05

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SOURCE: Authors’ analysis; see methods section in text.

NOTES: For explanation of hospital tiers, see text. CMS is Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.