Comparison of Cardiac Surgery Volumes and Mortality Rates Between The Society of Thoracic Surgeons and Medicare Databases From 1993 Through 2001

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1538-1546

  Welke, Karl F ^a   Peterson, Eric D ^b   Vaughan Sarrazin, Mary S ^c   O'Brien, Sean M ^b   Rosenthal, Gary E ^c,d   Shook, Gregory J ^b   Dokholyan, Rachel S ^b   Haan, Constance K ^e   Ferguson Jr , T Bruce ^f  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICARE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DATABASES; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35348907950     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.06.022     Document Type: Article

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