The "occasional open heart surgeon" revisited

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1254-1260

  Carey, Joseph S ^a   Parker, Joseph P ^a   Brandeau, Claude ^a   Li, Zhongmin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

CALIFORNIA; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 44649117918     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.10.077     Document Type: Article

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