Judging hospitals by severity-adjusted mortality rates: The case of CABG surgery

Inquiry

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-166

  Landon, Bruce ^a   Iezzoni, Lisa I ^a,b   Ash, Arlene S ^c   Shwartz, Michael ^d   Daley, Jennifer ^a,b,e   Hughes, John S ^f   Mackiernan, Yevgenia D ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Harvard Tlwrndike Laboratory   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Brockton/W Roxbury Vet Aff MC   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COST CONTROL; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY;

EID: 0029894349     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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