Unequal clinical profile, quality of life and surgical mortality in public and private patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery in Catalonia;Desigual perfil clínico, calidad de vida y mortalidad hospitalaria en pacientes operados de injerto aortocoronario en centros públicos y privados de Cataluña

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 806-815

  Miralda, Gaietà Permanyer ^a   Cuixart, Carlos Brotons ^a   Solé, Aida Ribera ^a   Castelló, Purificació Cascant ^a   Peláez, Irene Moral ^a   Pons, Joan Maria V ^b   Caballero, Jordi Alonso ^c   Kirchner, Anna Mallol ^a   Carrera, Juana Barthe ^d   Useros, Carmen Martínez ^e   Burrull, Mariona Cardona ^f   Ramis, Luis Delgado ^g   Ferrer, Bernat Romero ^g  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b Catalan Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Research   (Spain)

^c INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; STATISTICS;

AGED; CARDIAC CARE FACILITIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 0032193480     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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