Improved quality and cost-effectiveness of coronary artery bypass grafting in the United States from 1988 to 2005

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-69

  Song, Howard K ^a   Diggs, Brian S ^b   Slater, Matthew S ^a   Guyton, Steven W ^a   Ungerleider, Ross M ^a   Welke, Karl F ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58249094518     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.09.053     Document Type: Article

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