Surgical rates in subprovincial areas across Canada: Rankings of 39 procedures in order of variation

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 361-367

  Gentleman, Jane F ^a,b   Vayda, Eugene ^a,b   Parsons, Greg F ^a,b   Walsh, Michael N ^a,b  

^a HEALTH STATISTICS DIVISION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CANADA; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0029790309     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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