Shop for quality or volume? Volume, quality, and outcomes of coronary artery bypass surgery

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Auerbach, Andrew D ^a   Hilton, Joan F ^a   Maselli, Judith ^a   Pekow, Penelope S ^b   Rothberg, Michael B ^b   Lindenauer, Peter K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGEON; SURGICAL RISK; UNITED STATES; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66149166036     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-150-10-200905190-00007     Document Type: Article

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