Should Risk Adjustment for Surgical Outcomes Reporting Include Sociodemographic Status? A Study of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in California

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 221-230

  Anderson, Jamie E ^a   Li, Zhongmin ^a   Romano, Patrick S ^a,b   Parker, Joseph ^c   Chang, David C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CALIFORNIA; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; ADULT; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; ECONOMICS; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; STROKE;

EID: 84991208141     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2016.05.008     Document Type: Article

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