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. 2007 Oct 27;335(7625):839; author reply 839-40.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39374.474965.BE.

Surgical mortality: Hospital episode statistics v central cardiac audit database

Paul Aylin, Alex Bottle, Paul Elliott, Brian Jarman
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Surgical mortality: Hospital episode statistics v central cardiac audit database

Paul Aylin et al. BMJ. .
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Competing interests: PA, AB, and BJ are employed by Imperial College and work within the Dr Foster Unit at Imperial. The Dr Foster Unit at Imperial is funded by a research grant from Dr Foster Intelligence (an independent health service research organisation).

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