Surgical Volume, Hospital Quality, and Hospitalization Cost in Congenital Heart Surgery in the United States

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 205-213

  Chan, Titus ^a   Kim, Jaewhan ^b   Minich, L LuAnn ^b   Pinto, Nelangi M ^b   Waitzman, Norman J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health economics; Health services research; Healthcare quality

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COST CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEART SURGERY; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGERY; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDS;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937199608     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: 14321971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-014-0987-2     Document Type: Article

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