Volume-based referral for cardiovascular procedures in the United States: a cross-sectional regression analysis
Epstein AJ, Rathore SS, Krumholz HM, Volpp K. Volume-based referral for cardiovascular procedures in the United States: a cross-sectional regression analysis. BMC Health Services Research 2005, 5: 42. PMID: 15935099, PMCID: PMC1175086, DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-5-42.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionHigh-volume hospitalsVolume hospitalsLow-volume hospitalsNumber of patientsHospital mortalityCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryLeapfrog GroupArtery bypass graft surgeryNational hospital discharge databaseProcedure-associated mortalityVolume-based referralBypass graft surgeryHospital discharge databaseNumber of deathsCABG patientsHospital CABGGraft surgeryPCI patientsCoronary interventionDischarge databaseRetrospective analysisCABGCardiovascular proceduresPatients
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