Temporal changes in hospital costs for left ventricular assist device implantation

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 535-541

  Slaughter, Mark S ^a   Bostic, Robin ^b   Tong, Kuo ^c   Russo, Mark ^d   Rogers, Joseph G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b THORATEC CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Quorum Consulting   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; FEMALE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80053378143     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2011.01292.x     Document Type: Article

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