Outcomes of cardiac surgery: Associations with physician characteristics, institutional characteristics, and transfers of care

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1034-1039

  Norcini, John J ^a   Boulet, John R ^a   Opalek, Amy ^a   Dauphinee, W Dale ^a  

^a FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac surgery; patient outcomes; physician characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TRAINING; THORAX SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CERTIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGERY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84888131416     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182a048af     Document Type: Article

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