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Vital Signs: Core Metrics for Health and Health Care Progress.

Vital Signs: Core Metrics for Health and Health Care Progress. Blumenthal D, Malphrus E, McGinnis JM, eds. Committee on Core Metrics for Better Health at Lower Cost, Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2015. ISBN: 9780309324939.

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July 8, 2016
Blumenthal D, Malphrus E, McGinnis JM, eds. Committee on Core Metrics for Better Health at Lower Cost, Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2015. ISBN: 9780309324939.
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Vital Signs: Core Metrics for Health and Health Care Progress. Blumenthal D, Malphrus E, McGinnis JM, eds. Committee on Core Metrics for Better Health at Lower Cost, Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2015. ISBN: 9780309324939.