Quality improvement in surgery: The American college of surgeons national surgical quality improvement program approach

Angela M. Ingraham; Karen E. Richards; Bruce L. Hall; Clifford Y. Ko

doi:10.1016/j.yasu.2010.05.003

Quality improvement in surgery: The American college of surgeons national surgical quality improvement program approach

Angela M. Ingraham, Karen E. Richards, Bruce L. Hall, Clifford Y. Ko

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	251-267
Number of pages	17
Journal	Advances in Surgery
Volume	44
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yasu.2010.05.003
State	Published - Sep 2010

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