Statewide quality improvement initiatives and mortality after cardiac surgery

JAMA

Volumn 277, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 379-382

  Ghali, William A ^a,b   Ash, Arlene S ^a   Hall, Ruth E ^a   Moskowitz, Mark A ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 0031046510     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.277.5.379     Document Type: Article

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