Risk adjustment for congenital heart surgery: The RACHS-1 method

Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Annual

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 180-184

  Jenkins, Kathy J ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart surgery; Pediatric cardiac surgery outcomes; Risk adjusted mortality

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MODEL; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 2542498928     PISSN: 10929126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2004.02.009     Document Type: Article

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