Center variation in hospital costs for patients undergoing congenital heart surgery

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 306-312

  Pasquali, Sara K ^a,c   Sun, Jie Lena ^a,c   Almada, Phil D ^c   Jaquiss, Robert D B ^b   Lodge, Andrew J ^b   Miller, Neal ^c   Kemper, Alex R ^c   Lannon, Carole M ^a   Li, Jennifer S ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Cardiothoracic Surgery   (United States)

^c DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital; Cost; Heart defects

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL SWITCH OPERATION; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS;

EID: 79959698751     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.110.958959     Document Type: Article

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