Volume, outcome, and policy

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 151-155

  Hlatky, Mark A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health policy; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; IMPLANTED HEART PACEMAKER; LEARNING CURVE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84884191974     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-012-9758-2     Document Type: Article

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