The wisdom and justice of not paying for "preventable complications"

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Pronovost, Peter J. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Goeschel, Christine A. [1 ,4 ]
Wachter, Robert M. [5 ]
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[1] Johns Hopkins Univ, Dept Anesthesiol & Crit Care Med, Baltimore, MD USA
[2] Johns Hopkins Univ, Dept Surg, Baltimore, MD USA
[3] Johns Hopkins Univ, Dept Hlth Policy & Management, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
[4] Johns Hopkins Univ, Sch Nursing, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
[5] Univ Calif San Francisco, Div Hosp Med, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA
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JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION | 2008年 / 299卷 / 18期
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10.1001/jama.299.18.2197
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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