Are patients with coexisting mental disorders more likely to receive CABG surgery from low-quality cardiac surgeons?: The experience in New York state

Medical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 587-593

  Li, Yue ^a,b   Glance, Laurent G ^c   Cai, Xueya ^b   Mukamel, Dana B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; CABG; CHD; Mental disorder; Psychiatric disorder; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34250758254     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31803d3b54     Document Type: Article

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