Public release of clinical outcomes data - Online CABG report cards

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 363, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 1593-1595

  Ferris, Timothy G ^a   Torchiana, David F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; WOUND INFECTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THORAX SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; THORACIC SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957132719     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1009423     Document Type: Short Survey

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