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Editorial
. 2003 Apr 12;326(7393):777-8.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7393.777.

Hospital mortality league tables

Bobbie Jacobson, Jenny Mindell, Martin McKee
Editorial

Hospital mortality league tables

Bobbie Jacobson et al. BMJ. .
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