Ranking institutions [3] (multiple letters)

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1171-1173

  Spiegelhalter, David ^a   Jenkins, Kathy ^b   Gauvreau, Kimberlee ^b  

^a MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; NOTE; ORGANIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICS;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; BENCHMARKING; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 0037674927     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2002.265     Document Type: Letter

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