Annual Benchmarking Report: Malpractice Risks in Surgery.

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Annual Benchmarking Report: Malpractice Risks in Surgery.

June 9, 2010

Cambridge, MA: CRICO/RMF Strategies; 2010.

Analyzing data from 3300 surgical malpractice cases, this report describes errors across the continuum of surgical care.

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