The relation between patients' outcomes and the volume of cardioverter-defibrillator implantation procedures performed by physicians treating medicare beneficiaries

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1536-1540

  Al Khatib, Sana M ^a   Lucas, F Lee ^c   Jollis, James G ^a   Malenka, David J ^b   Wennberg, David E ^c  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RISK; SEPTICEMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26844512588     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.04.063     Document Type: Article

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