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The tipping point: the relationship between volume and patient harm.
Pedroja AT. Am J Med Qual. 2008;23:336-341.

This analysis correlated hospital incident reports to measures of hospital volume and found a relationship between incidents leading to patient harm and increased hospital volume.
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