Successful linking of the society of thoracic surgeons adult cardiac surgery database to centers for medicare and medicaid services medicare data

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1150-1157

  Jacobs, Jeffrey Phillip ^a   Edwards, Fred H ^b   Shahian, David M ^c   Haan, Constance K ^b   Puskas, John D ^d   Morales, David L S ^e   Gammie, James S ^f   Sanchez, Juan A ^g   Brennan, J Matthew ^h   O'Brien, Sean M ^h   Dokholyan, Rachel S ^h   Hammill, Bradley G ^h   Curtis, Lesley H ^h   Peterson, Eric D ^h   Badhwar, Vinay ⁱ   George, Kristopher M ⁱ   Mayer Jr , John E ^c   Chitwood Jr , W Randolph ^j   Murray, Gordon F ^k   Grover, Frederick L ^l  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH JACKSONVILLE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ Cardiac Surgical Associates of Florida   (United States)

^j EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX SURGERY; ALGORITHM; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GOVERNMENT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; REGISTRIES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957133409     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.05.042     Document Type: Article

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