Cumulative sum failure analysis of a policy change from on-pump to off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2001, Pages

  Novick, Richard J ^a,b   Fox, Stephanie A ^a   Stitt, Larry W ^a   Swinamer, Stuart A ^a   Lehnhardt, Kris R ^a   Rayman, Reiza ^a   Boyd, W Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY CARE UNIT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0034842273     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02949-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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