Relationship of hospital size, case volume, and cost for coronary artery bypass surgery: Analysis of 12,774 patients operated on in Massachusetts during fiscal years 1995 and 1996

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 53-64

  Shahian, David M ^a   Heatley, Gerald J ^a   Westcott, George A ^a   Gardner, Timothy J ^b   Kay, Gregory L ^b   Robicsek, Francis ^b  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0035412839     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2001.113750     Document Type: Article

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