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# Comment on: Measuring the volume-outcome relation for complex hospital surgery.

Luft HS.

_Appl Health Econ Health Policy. doi: 10.1007/s40258-017-0334-x. \[Epub ahead of print\]_

2017-06-03

## Abstract

Letter to the editor regarding article, "Measuring the volume-outcome relation for complex hospital surgery."

[PubMed abstract](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28577206)

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