Can mortality monitoring in general practice be made to work?

Editorial

Bruce Guthrie. Br J Gen Pract. 2005 Sep.

. 2005 Sep;55(518):660-3.

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Comment on

A practical method for monitoring general practice mortality in the UK: findings from a pilot study in a health board of Northern Ireland.
Mohammed MA, Booth K, Marshall D, Brolly M, Marshall T, Cheng KK, Hayes M, Fitzpatrick S. Mohammed MA, et al. Br J Gen Pract. 2005 Sep;55(518):670-6. Br J Gen Pract. 2005. PMID: 16176733 Free PMC article.

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