Direct costs of coronary artery bypass grafting in patients aged 65 years or more and those under age 65

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 805-811

  Naglie, Gary ^a,b,c,e   Tansey, Catherine ^b   Krahn, Murray D ^a,b,c   O'Rourke, Keith ^b   Detsky, Allan S ^a,b,d   Bolley, Hildo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE;

EID: 0033596936     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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