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. 2000 Feb 19;320(7233):489.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7233.489.

Mortality variations as a measure of general practitioner performance: implications of the Shipman case

S Frankel  1 , J Sterne, G D Smith
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Mortality variations as a measure of general practitioner performance: implications of the Shipman case

S Frankel et al. BMJ. .
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