Public reporting of surgical mortality: A survey of New York state cardiothoracic surgeons

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1195-1200

  Burack, Joshua H ^a   Impellizzeri, Paul ^a   Homel, Peter ^a   Cunningham Jr, Joseph N ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 0032716984     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00907-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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