Coronary artery bypass surgery: The relationship between inhospital mortality rate and surgical volume after controlling for clinical risk factors

Medical Care

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1991, Pages 1094-1105

  Hannan, Edward L ^a,b   Kilburn, Harold ^a   Bernard, Harvey ^a   O’Donnell, Joseph F ^a   Lukacik, Gary ^a   Shields, Eileen P ^a  

^a Office of Health Systems Management ^*  (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass surgery; Volume mortality relationships

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; RACE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INSURANCE, HOSPITALIZATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGE; NEW YORK; RACIAL STOCKS; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0026261845     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199111000-00003     Document Type: Article

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