Initial application in the STS congenital database of complexity adjustment to evaluate surgical case mix and results

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1635-1649

  Jacobs, Jeffrey Phillip ^a   Lacour Gayet, Francois G ^b   Jacobs, Marshall Lewis ^b   Clarke, David Robinson ^b   Tchervenkov, Christo I ^b   Gaynor, J William ^b   Spray, Thomas L ^b   Maruszewski, Bohdan ^b   Stellin, Giovanni ^b   Gould, Jay ^b   Dokholyan, Rachel S ^b   Peterson, Eric D ^b   Elliott, Martin J ^b   Mavroudis, Constantine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NOMENCLATURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 20944450770     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.09.065     Document Type: Article

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