Hospital Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Volume and Patient Mortality, 1998-2000

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 110-117

  Rathore, Saif S ^a   Epstein, Andrew J ^b   Volpp, Kevin G M ^b,c,d   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORALITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STANDARDIZATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0842327234     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000103066.22732.b8     Document Type: Article

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