Hospital volume, mitral repair rates, and mortality in mitral valve surgery in the elderly: An analysis of US hospitals treating Medicare fee-for-service patients

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 762-768.e1

  Vassileva, Christina M ^a   McNeely, Christian ^a   Spertus, John ^b   Markwell, Stephen ^a   Hazelrigg, Stephen ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

hospital volume; mitral valve; outcome research; surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL VOLUME; HUMAN; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UNITED STATES; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MITRAL VALVE; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MITRAL VALVE; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84926149139     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.08.084     Document Type: Article

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