Relative impact of surgeon and center volume on early mortality after the norwood operation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1992-1997

  Hornik, Christoph P ^a   He, Xia ^a   Jacobs, Jeffrey P ^c   Li, Jennifer S ^d   Jaquiss, Robert D B ^a,b   Jacobs, Marshall L ^d   O'Brien, Sean M ^a,b   Welke, Karl ^e   Peterson, Eric D ^a,b   Pasquali, Sara K ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Multicare Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; NORWOOD PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NORWOOD PROCEDURES; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84861581007     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.01.107     Document Type: Article

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