What is the marginal cost for marginal risk in cardiac surgery?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1969-1971

  Williams Jr , Thomas E ^a,b   Fanning, William J ^a   Benton, W C ^a   Kakos, Gerard S ^a   Miller, Randall L ^a   Esterline, William J ^a   Hankins, Thomas D ^a  

^a Grant Hospital   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COHORT STUDIES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032451553     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00820-0     Document Type: Article

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