Pediatric cardiac surgery: The effect of hospital and surgeon volume on in-hospital mortality

Pediatrics

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 963-969

  Hannan, Edward L ^a   Racz, Michael ^a   Kavey, Rae Ellen ^b   Quaegebeur, Jan M ^c   Williams, Roberta ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Division of Reproductive Endocrinology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital volume; Mortality; Pediatric cardiac surgery; Surgeon volume

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON;

EID: 0031810778     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.101.6.963     Document Type: Article

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