Are unaudited records from an outcomes registry database accurate?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1960-1964

  Herbert, Morley A ^a   Prince, Syma L ^b   Williams, Janet L ^b   Magee, Mitchell J ^b   MacK, Michael J ^b  

^a MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENTILATOR;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2542425432     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.12.018     Document Type: Article

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