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Putting "peer" into PRO.

R P Carroll
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Tracing Medicare peer review from its inception to the present day, this article focuses on the Texas problems with the state's peer review organization and the solutions brought about by the Texas Medical Association Physician-Patient Advocacy Committee. The author traces his personal involvement in the process to illustrate what impact can be made by any physician in the state through involvement in organized medicine. Lessons learned and messages for the future cap off this overview of peer review in Texas.

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R P Carroll. 1989. Putting "peer" into PRO.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2660318/

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