Contemporary performance of U.S. teaching and nonteaching hospitals

Academic Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 701-708

  Shahian, David M ^a   Nordberg, Paul ^a   Meyer, Gregg S ^a   Blanchfield, Bonnie B ^a   Mort, Elizabeth A ^a   Torchiana, David F ^a,b   Normand, Sharon Lise T ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 84861679433     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e318253676a     Document Type: Article

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