Modeling the costs and outcomes of cardiovascular surgery

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 103-111

  Anderson, James G ^a   Harshbarger, William ^b   Weng, H C ^c   Jay, Stephen J ^d   Anderson, Marilyn M ^e  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Anderson Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INDIANA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICARE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036546906     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014472731382     Document Type: Article

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