Volume of Clinical Activity in Hospitals and Healthcare Outcomes, Costs, and Patient Access

Overview

Journal Qual Health Care

Specialty Health Services

Date 1997 May 7

PMID 10173253

Citations 10

Authors

A Sowden

V Aletras

M Place

N Rice

A Eastwood

R Grilli

B Ferguson

J Posnett

T Sheldon

Affiliations

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