The Hidden Consequences of the Volume Pledge: "No Patient Left Behind"?
*Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA †Codman Center for Clinical Effectiveness in Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA ‡Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA §Miami Cancer Institute, Miami, FL.
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