Choice of Statistical Analysis Can Change the Results of Studies of the Relationship between Hospital and Surgeon Volume and Outcomes of Cancer Surgery

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What is the problem and what is known about it so far?

An increasing number of studies suggest that patients who have surgery at hospitals or by surgeons performing a high number of the particular procedure they …

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