Use of public performance reports: A survey of patients undergoing cardiac surgery

JAMA

Volumn 279, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 1638-1642

  Schneider, Eric C ^a   Epstein, Arnold M ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032572047     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.279.20.1638     Document Type: Article

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