Consumer comprehension of surgeon performance data for coronary bypass procedures

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1400-1406

  Donelan, Karen ^a,c   Rogers, Robert S ^a   Eisenhauer, Andy ^b,c   Mort, Elizabeth ^a,c   Agnihotri, Arvind K ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL RISK;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPREHENSION; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79955408954     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.01.019     Document Type: Article

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