Transparency and Public Reporting of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery Outcomes in North America

World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 49-53

  Jacobs, Jeffrey P ^a,b   Jacobs, Marshall L ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

database (all types); morbidity); outcomes (includes mortality; practice guidelines; professional affairs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DATA BASE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; NORTH AMERICA; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATIFICATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHILD; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NORTH AMERICA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 84981173440     PISSN: 21501351     EISSN: 2150136X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2150135115619161     Document Type: Article

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