Evolution of the volume-outcome relation for hospitals performing coronary angioplasty

Circulation

Volumn 101, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 1806-1811

  Ho, Vivian ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Bypass; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034681954     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.101.15.1806     Document Type: Article

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