Do longer delays for coronary artery bypass surgery contribute to preoperative mortality in less urgent patients?

Medical Care

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 680-686

  Sobolev, Boris G ^a,d   Levy, Adrian R ^a   Kuramoto, Lisa ^b   Hayden, Robert ^c   FitzGerald, J Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ROYAL COLUMBIAN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elective patients; Hospital wait list; Open heart surgery; Statistical tools; Waiting time data

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33746773196     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000220257.81482.67     Document Type: Article

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