Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Cardiac Surgery Volume and Outcomes

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1251-1258

  Charles, Eric J ^a,b   Johnston, Lily E ^a,b   Herbert, Morley A ^c,d   Mehaffey, J Hunter ^a,b   Yount, Kenan W ^a,b   Likosky, Donald S ^c,d   Theurer, Patricia F ^c,d   Fonner, Clifford E ^b   Rich, Jeffrey B ^b   Speir, Alan M ^b,e   Ailawadi, Gorav ^a,b   Prager, Richard L ^c,d   Kron, Irving L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Virginia Cardiac Surgery Quality Initiative   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons Quality Collaborative   (United States)

^e INOVA HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MICHIGAN; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRGINIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 85019908833     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.03.079     Document Type: Article

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