The appropriateness of coronary artery bypass graft surgery in academic medical centers

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 8-18

  Leape, Lucian L ^c   Hilborne, Lee H ^e   Sanford Schwartz, J ^a   Bates, David W ^d   Rubin, Haya R ^f   Slavin, Peter ^g   Park, Rolla Edward ^e   Witter Jr , David M ^h   Panzer, Robert J ^b   Brook, Robert H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h Academic Medical Center Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0030317961     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-125-1-199607010-00003     Document Type: Article

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