Coronary artery bypass graft surgery: Do women cost more?

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 1195-1200

  Bestawros, Alain ^a,c   Filion, Kristian B ^b,c   Haider, Seema ^d   Pilote, Louise ^a,c   Eisenberg, Mark J ^b,c  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bypass; Graft; Health economics; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 29544449280     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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