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The volume–outcome relationship for hip fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 2,023,469 patients

Eveline J A WiegersDepartment of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam; Correspondence[email protected]
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Charlie A SewaltDepartment of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam;
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Esmee VenemaDepartment of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam; ;Department of Neurology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam;
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Niels W L SchepDepartment of Surgery, Maasstad Hospital, Rotterdam;
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Jan A N VerhaarDepartment of Orthopaedics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam;
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Hester F LingsmaDepartment of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam;
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Dennis Den HartogDepartment of Surgery-Traumatology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Pages 26-32 | Published online: 04 Feb 2019

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