Use and in-hospital mortality associated with two cardiac procedures, by sex and age: National trends, 1990-2004

Health Affairs

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 169-177

  Holmes, Julia S ^a   Kozak, Lola Jean ^a   Owings, Maria F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846681295     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.26.1.169     Document Type: Article

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