Should coronary artery bypass grafting be regionalized?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1572-1581

  Nallamothu, Brahmajee K ^a   Eagle, Kim A ^a   Ferraris, Victor A ^a   Sade, Robert M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM SURGERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COST CONTROL; DATA BASE; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGIONALIZATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 26844486209     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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