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Bellwethers versus Baskets: Operative Capacity and the Metrics of Global Surgery

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    Thomas G. Weiser

  2. Department of Clinical Surgery, University of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SA, UK

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Weiser, T.G. Bellwethers versus Baskets: Operative Capacity and the Metrics of Global Surgery. World J Surg 44, 3310–3311 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-020-05615-x

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