Mortality of Department of Veterans Affairs patients undergoing coronary revascularization in private sector hospitals

Health Services Research

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1802-1821

  Vaughan Sarrazin, Mary S ^a,b,c   Wakefield, Bonnie ^b   Rosenthal, Gary E ^b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery; Hospital mortality; Hospitals; Risk adjustment; Severity of illness; Veterans

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RISK FACTOR; VETERAN;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 34548588629     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00720.x     Document Type: Article

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