Comorbidity and outcomes of coronary artery bypass graft surgery at cardiac specialty hospitals versus general hospitals

Medical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 720-728

  Hwang, Constance W ^a,b,e   Anderson, Gerard F ^a,b,c   Diener West, Marie ^a,c   Powe, Neil R ^a,b,c,d  

^a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Health Policy and Management ^*  (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery; Outcomes assessment; Quality of care; Specialty hospitals

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC CARE FACILITIES; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547592736     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3180537192     Document Type: Article

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