Geographic Variation in Resource Use for Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Medical Care

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 320-333

  Cowper, Patricia A ^a   DeLong, Elizabeth R ^a   Peterson, Eric D ^a   Lipscomb, Joseph ^b   Muhlbaier, Lawrence H ^a   Jollis, James G ^a   Pryor, David B ^c   Mark, Daniel B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Allina Hospitals & Clinics   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass graft; Cost; Geographic variation; Length of stay

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EPISODE OF CARE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE PART A; PATIENT READMISSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0031116299     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199704000-00004     Document Type: Article

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