Letter to the Editor Regarding: Hospital Variation in Postoperative Mortality Among Preterm Infants
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Kaiyuan Zhang, Fuyou Guo
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We read with interest the article by Mehl et al. reporting hospital-level variation in postoperative mortality among preterm infants treated at U.S. pediatric centers. In a large national cohort with risk- and reliability-adjusted analyses, the authors show substantial variation in mortality, most pronounced at lower gestational ages.1
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