The conference effect: National surgery meetings are associated with increased mortality at trauma centers without American College of Surgeons verification

• Peter C. Jenkins ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: pjenkins1@iuhealth.org

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8527-8268

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• Scott Painter,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine in Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America

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• Teresa M. Bell,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

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• Jeffrey A. Kline,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

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• Ben L. Zarzaur

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

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