The effect of preoperative and hospital characteristics on costs for coronary artery bypass graft

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 249, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 335-341

  Saleh, Shadi S ^a,c   Racz, Michael ^b   Hannan, Edward ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK FACTOR; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 61549089971     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318195e475     Document Type: Article

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