Do operator volumes relate to clinical outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention in the Canadian health care system?

American Heart Journal

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 902-908

  Cantor, Warren J ^a,b   Hall, Ruth ^a,c   Tu, Jack V ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OPERATOR; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; ONTARIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 33645214577     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.07.033     Document Type: Article

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