Delay in admission for elective coronary-artery bypass grafting is associated with increased in-hospital mortality

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Sobolev, Boris G ^a   Fradet, Guy ^a   Hayden, Robert ^b   Kuramoto, Lisa ^c   Levy, Adrian R ^a   FitzGerald, Mark J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL COLUMBIAN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THERAPY DELAY; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REGISTER; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 52949104435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-185     Document Type: Article

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