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Turner J, Siriwardena AN, Coster J, et al. Developing new ways of measuring the quality and impact of ambulance service care: the PhOEBE mixed-methods research programme. Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library; 2019 Apr. (Programme Grants for Applied Research, No. 7.3.)

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