Death on the waiting list for cardiac surgery in the Netherlands in 1994 and 1995

Heart

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 593-597

  Plomp, J ^a,b   Redekop, W K ^a   Dekker, F W ^a   Van Geldorp, T R ^c   Haalebos, M M P ^d   Jambroes, G ^e   Kingma, J H ^b   Zijlstra, F ^d   Tijssen, J G P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Inst Med Sciences De Klokkenberg   (Netherlands)

^d HOSPITAL DE WEEZENLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coronary bypass surgery; Heart surgery; Mortality; Waiting lists

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032974187     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.81.6.593     Document Type: Article

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