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Response letter addresses surgical quality evaluation without providing primary clinical data.
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Letter to the editor
No primary data offered; leaves open need for rigorous studies on surgical quality metrics.
VA HSR&D Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center Michael E DeBakey Department of Surgery Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX [email protected] Disclosures: This article is based upon work supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Office of Research and Development, and the Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety (CIN 13-413). The funding body played no part in the preparation, review, or approval of this article. The author declares no conflicts of interest.
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