A regional intervention to improve the hospital mortality associated with coronary artery bypass graft surgery

JAMA

Volumn 275, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 841-846

  O'Connor, Gerald T ^a,g   Plume, Stephen K ^a   Olmstead, Elaine M ^a   Morton, Jeremy R ^b   Maloney, Christopher T ^c   Nugent, William C ^a   Hernandez, Felix ^d   Clough, Robert ^d   Leavitt, Bruce J ^e   Coffin, Laurence H ^h   Marrin, Charles A S ^a   Wennberg, David ^f   Birkmeyer, John D ^a   Charlesworth, David C ^c   Malenka, David J ^a   Quinton, Hebe B ^a   Kasper, Joseph F ^g  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d EASTERN MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^f Maine Medical Assessment Foundation   (United States)

^g DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h Strasenburgh Hall ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 1642624086     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.275.11.841     Document Type: Article

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