Operating room cost for coronary artery bypass graft procedures: Does experience or severity of illness matter?

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1063-1070

  Chung, Wei Ching ^a   Fan, Pao Luo ^b   Chiu, Herng Chia ^c   Yang, Chun Yuh ^c   Huang, Kun Lun ^c   Tzeng, Dong Sheng ^a,c  

^a KAOHSIUNG ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status score; coronary artery bypass grafting; cost; volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COST CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON; WORK EXPERIENCE;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATING ROOMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAIWAN;

EID: 78650605800     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2009.01251.x     Document Type: Article

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