Cost and cost-effectiveness of cardiac surgery in elderly patients

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1062-1073

  Gelsomino, Sandro ^a,b,c   Lorusso, Roberto ^b   Livi, Ugolino ^c   Masullo, Gianluca ^b   Luc, Fabiana ^a   Maessen, Jos ^d   Gensini, Gian Franco ^a  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Civic Hospital   (Italy)

^c SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEMIA; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; ITALY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80054982441     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.02.013     Document Type: Article

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