Predictors of readmission after elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Australian Health Review

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 677-683

  Slamowicz, Ron ^a   Erbas, Bircan ^b   Sundararajan, Vijaya ^c   Dharmage, Shyamali ^d  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing Branch   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; VICTORIA;

EID: 58149260567     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH080677     Document Type: Article

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