Resource use among adult congenital heart surgery admissions in pediatric hospitals: Risk factors for high resource utilization and association with inpatient death

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 634-639

  Kim, Yuli Y ^a   Gauvreau, Kimberlee ^b   Bacha, Emile A ^e   Landzberg, Michael J ^b,c   Benavidez, Oscar J ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital; Heart defects; Resource utilization; Risk factors; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY; DEPRESSION; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART SURGERY; HIGH RESOURCE USE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INSURANCE CARRIERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84862910310     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.111.963223     Document Type: Article

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