Provider-hospital "fit" and patient outcomes: Evidence from Massachusetts cardiac surgeons, 2002-2004

Health Services Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1 PART 1, 2011, Pages 1-26

  Huesch, Marco D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac surgery; care processes; hierarchical modeling; mixed models; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650985832     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01169.x     Document Type: Article

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