Variation in congenital heart surgery costs across hospitals

Pediatrics

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Pasquali, Sara K ^a   Jacobs, Marshall L ^b   He, Xia ^c   Shah, Samir S ^d   Peterson, Eric D ^c   Hall, Matthew ^e   Gaynor, J William ^f   Hill, Kevin D ^c   Mayer, John E ^g   Jacobs, Jeffrey P ^h   Li, Jennifer S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^g BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Cost analysis; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CANAL; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWOOD PROCEDURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER;

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; COST ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES;

BENCHMARKING; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84895110362     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-2870     Document Type: Article

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