Use of a matching algorithm to evaluate hospital coronary artery bypass grafting performance as an alternative to conventional risk adjustment

Medical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 292-299

  Glance, Laurent G ^a,e   Osler, Turner M ^b   Mukamel, Dana B ^c   Dick, Andrew W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass; Health services research; Outcome assessment; Quality assurance; Quality of care; Statistical models

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 34247624571     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000252225.26917.91     Document Type: Article

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