Increased Distance From the Tertiary Cardiac Center Is Associated With Worse 30-Day Outcomes After Cardiac Operations

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2213-2218

  Cote, Claudia L ^a   Singh, Shubhi ^a   Yip, Alexandra M ^b   Murray, Joshua ^c   MacLeod, Jeffrey B ^b   Lutchmedial, Sohrab ^b   Brown, Craig D ^b   Forgie, Rand ^b   Pelletier, Marc P ^b   Hassan, Ansar ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SAINT JOHN REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c HORIZON HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAAORTIC BALLOON PUMP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW BRUNSWICK; ODDS RATIO; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW BRUNSWICK; ODDS RATIO; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84939539836     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.05.058     Document Type: Article

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