Half of all doctors are below average
- PMID: 9614030
- PMCID: PMC1113280
- DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7146.1734
Half of all doctors are below average
Comment in
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The aftermath of the Bristol case. Series of operations with low mortality may exhibit high average mortality by chance.BMJ. 1998 Sep 19;317(7161):812-3. BMJ. 1998. PMID: 9786665 No abstract available.
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