Are high-quality cardiac surgeons less likely to operate on high-risk patients compared to low-quality surgeons? Evidence from New York State

Health Services Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1 P1, 2008, Pages 300-312

  Glance, Laurent G ^a   Dick, Andrew ^b   Mukamel, Dana B ^c   Li, Yue ^d   Osler, Turner M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass; Health services research; Outcome assessment; Quality assurance; Quality of care; Statistical models

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; UNITED STATES; AGED; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; THORAX SURGERY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW YORK; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THORACIC SURGERY;

EID: 40649085069     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00753.x     Document Type: Article

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