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Predicting In-Hospital Deaths from Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

Authors :
Bruce E. Landon
Arlene S. Ash
Yevgenia D. Mackiernan
Lisa I. Iezzoni
Michael Shwartz
Source :
Medical Care. 36:28-39
Publication Year :
1998
Publisher :
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 1998.

Abstract

Objectives.Severity-adjusted death rates for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery by provider are published throughout the country. Whether five severity measures rated severity differently for identical patients was examined in this study.Methods.Two severity measures rate patients using cli

Details

ISSN :
00257079
Volume :
36
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Medical Care
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........fa98257e0f219893b6119c60ae5d8a65
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1097/00005650-199801000-00005