Case volume, quality of care, and care efficiency in coronary artery bypass surgery

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1202-1208

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955284083     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.237     Document Type: Article

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