Volume-outcome relationships in cardiovascular operations: New York State, 1990-1995

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 419-430

  Sollano, J A ^a   Gelijns, A C ^a   Moskowitz, A I ^a   Heitjan, D F ^a   Cullinane, S ^a   Saha, T ^a   Chen, J M ^a   Roohan, P J ^a   Reemtsma, K ^a   Shields, E P ^a   Matloff, J M ^a   Spencer, F C ^a   Smith, C R ^a   Marrin, C ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0032978443     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(99)70320-X     Document Type: Article

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