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Bypass study boosts small hospitals

By Stephen Smith
Globe Staff / October 20, 2004

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Patients who undergo heart bypass surgery are just as likely to survive whether the operation is performed at a smaller community hospital or a major teaching medical center in Massachusetts, according to a report card released yesterday by state public-health authorities. (Full article: 913 words)

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