Successful linking of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database to Social Security data to examine the accuracy of Society of Thoracic Surgeons mortality data

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 976-983

  Jacobs, Jeffrey P ^a   O'Brien, Sean M ^b   Shahian, David M ^c   Edwards, Fred H ^d   Badhwar, Vinay ^e   Dokholyan, Rachel S ^b   Sanchez, Juan A ^f   Morales, David L ^g   Prager, Richard L ^h   Wright, Cameron D ^c   Puskas, John D ⁱ   Gammie, James S ^j   Haan, Constance K ^d   George, Kristopher M ^k   Sheng, Shubin ^b   Peterson, Eric D ^b   Shewan, Cynthia M ^l,p   Han, Jane M ^l,p   Bongiorno, Phillip A ^l,p   Yohe, Courtney ^l,p   Williams, William G ^m   Mayer, John E ⁿ   Grover, Frederick L ^o   more..

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

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^g BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

ⁱ EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k Cardiac Surgical Associates of Florida   (United States)

^l The Society of Thoracic Surgeons   (United States)

^m HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

ⁿ HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^p American Thoracic Society   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE DATABASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL SECURITY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORAX SURGERY;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; MORTALITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; THORACIC SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875171309     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.11.094     Document Type: Article

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