Systems approaches to surgical quality and safety: from concept to measurement.

Charles A Vincent; Krishna Moorthy; Sudip K Sarker; Avril Chang; Ara Darzi

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Systems approaches to surgical quality and safety: from concept to measurement.

March 6, 2005

Vincent CA, Moorthy K, Sarker SK, et al. Ann Surg. 2004;239(4):475-82.

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