Reevaluation of the volume-outcome relationship for pediatric cardiac surgery

Circulation

Volumn 115, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 2599-2601

  Gauvreau, Kimberlee ^a,b,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Editorials; Heart surgery, congenital; Hospitals

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 34249088300     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.701722     Document Type: Editorial

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