Equity and the Hazard of Veiled Injustice: A Methodological Reflection on Risk Adjustment.

Pediatrics

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Published: March 2022

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