Is zero the ideal death rate?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 357, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 111-113

  Lee, Thomas H ^a   Torchiana, David F ^b,c   Lock, James E ^c,d  

^a PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b Massachusetts General Physicians Organization   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 34447302614     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp078025     Document Type: Article

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