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Re-Examining the Significance of Surgical Volume to Breast Cancer Survival and Recurrence versus Process Quality of Care in Taiwan

  1. Raymond N. Kuo Ph.D.3,
  2. Kuo-Piao Chung Ph.D.1,*,
  3. Mei-Shu Lai M.D., Ph.D.2,*

Article first published online: 7 JUN 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2012.01430.x

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Health Services Research

Health Services Research

Volume 48, Issue 1, pages 26–46, February 2013

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Kuo, R. N., Chung, K.-P. and Lai, M.-S. (2013), Re-Examining the Significance of Surgical Volume to Breast Cancer Survival and Recurrence versus Process Quality of Care in Taiwan. Health Services Research, 48: 26–46. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2012.01430.x

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  1. 1

    Institute of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

  2. 2

    Graduate Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

  3. 3

    Center of Comparative Effectiveness Research, National Center of Excellence for Clinical Trial and Research, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

*Address correspondence to Kuo-Piao Chung, Ph.D., Institute of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, 635R, No. 17, Syujhou Road, Taipei 10055, Taiwan; e-mail: kpchung@ntu.edu.tw and Mei-Shu Lai, M.D., Ph.D., Graduate Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, 518R, No. 17, Syujhou Road, Taipei 10055, Taiwan; e-mail: mslai@ntu.edu.tw

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