Public Health Reporting: The United States Perspective
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SEMIN CARDIOTHORAC VASC ANESTH 2008;12:191-202.
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Relationship Between Preventability of Death After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery and All-Cause Risk-Adjusted Mortality Rates
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Circulation 2008;117:2969-2976.
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A Cost-Effectiveness Framework for Profiling the Value of Hospital Care
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Med Decis Making 2008;28:419-434.
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Comparison between an empirically derived model and the EuroSCORE system in the evaluation of hospital performance: the example of the Italian CABG Outcome Project
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Risk Stratification and Comorbidity
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Card Surg Adult 2008;3:199-246.
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Myocardial Revascularization with Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Gongora and Sundt
Card Surg Adult 2008;3:599-632.
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Characteristics of VA Patients Who Use Low-Quality Private-Sector CABG Centers in New York
Weeks and Fisher
Med Care Res Rev 2007;64:691-705.
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Association of atheroma as assessed by intraoperative transoesophageal echocardiography with long-term mortality in patients undergoing cardiac surgery
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Eur Heart J 2007;0:ehm180v1-8.
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Risks of coronary artery bypass surgery in dialysis-dependent patients--analysis of the 2001 National Inpatient Sample
Charytan and Kuntz
Nephrol Dial Transplant 2007;22:1665-1671.
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To Understand Cardiac Surgical Report Cards: Look Both Ways
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Circulation 2007;115:1508-1510.
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Enhancement of Claims Data to Improve Risk Adjustment of Hospital Mortality
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JAMA 2007;297:71-76.
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Measuring Performance For Treating Heart Attacks And Heart Failure: The Case For Outcomes Measurement
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Health Aff (Millwood) 2007;26:75-85.
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Left main coronary artery stenosis no longer a risk factor for early and late death after coronary artery bypass surgery - an experience covering three decades.
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Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 2006;30:311-317.
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Time-Varying Risk Factors for Long-Term Mortality After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery.
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Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2006;81:793-799.
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Association Between Surgeon and Hospital Volume in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Outcomes: A Population-Based Study.
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Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2006;81:835-842.
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Strategies for improving surgical quality--should payers reward excellence or effort?
Birkmeyer and Birkmeyer
NEJM 2006;354:864-870.
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Association of a Continuous Quality Improvement Initiative With Practice and Outcome Variations of Contemporary Percutaneous Coronary Interventions
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Circulation 2006;113:814-822.
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Massachusetts Cardiac Surgery Report Card: Implications of Statistical Methodology
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Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2005;80:2106-2113.
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The identification and development of Canadian coronary artery bypass graft surgery quality indicators
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J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2005;130:1257-1257.
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How do elderly patients decide where to go for major surgery? Telephone interview survey
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BMJ 2005;331:821.
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Cardiac Surgery in an Iranian Teaching Hospital: Outcome and Risk Factors
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Asian Cardiovasc. Thorac. Ann. 2004;12:312-315.
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Cardiac Surgery Risk Models: A Position Article
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Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2004;78:1868-1877.
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Explaining disparities in access to high-quality cardiac surgeons
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Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2004;78:18-24.
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Multivariable prediction of in-hospital mortality associated with aortic and mitral valve surgery in Northern New England
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Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2004;77:1966-1977.
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Comparison of short-term mortality risk factors for valve replacement versus coronary artery bypass graft surgery
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Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2004;77:549-556.
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Why Are the Results of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Women Worse?
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Gender-related differences in morbidity and mortality during combined valve and coronary surgery
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J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2003;126:959-964.
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Predictors of Readmission for Complications of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
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JAMA 2003;290:773-780.
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Immediate and long-term results of mitral prosthetic replacement using a right thoracotomy beating heart technique
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Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 2003;24:47-51.
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Evaluating outcomes of hospital care following coronary artery bypass surgery in Rome, Italy
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Editorial comment: On the fine balance between the completeness of clinical data and the effective use of outcomes data
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Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 2003;23:607-608.
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Revised screening scale to predict survival after insertion of a left ventricular assist device
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J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2003;125:855-862.
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Variation in mortality risk factors with time after coronary artery bypass graft operation
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Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2003;75:74-81.
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Risk Stratification and Comorbidity
Ferraris and Ferraris
Card Surg Adult 2003;2:187-224.
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Percutaneous coronary intervention versus repeat bypass surgery for patients with medically refractory myocardial ischemia: AWESOME randomized trial and registry experience with post-CABG patients
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J Am Coll Cardiol 2002;40:1951-1954.
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Mortality in Medicare Beneficiaries Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery in States With and Without Certificate of Need Regulation
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JAMA 2002;288:1859-1866.
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Comparative outcomes of percutaneous coronary interventions in diabetics vs non-diabetics with prior coronary artery bypass grafting
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Eur Heart J 2002;23:1456-1464.
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Impact of Modifying Risk Adjustment Models on Rankings of Access to Care in the VA Mental Health Report Card
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Psychiatr. Serv. 2002;53:1153-1158.
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Diabetes mellitus increases short-term mortality and morbidity in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery
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J Am Coll Cardiol 2002;40:418-423.
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Substantial between-hospital variation in outcome following first emergency admission for heart failure
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Eur Heart J 2002;23:650-657.
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The Effect of Comorbid Illness on Mortality Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery
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Arch Surg 2002;137:428-433.
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Inaccuracy of four coronary surgery risk-adjusted models to predict mortality in individual patients
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Quality Improvement in Cardiac Care
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Cardiac surgery report cards: comprehensive review and statistical critique
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Effect of gender on outcomes of beating heart operations
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ACC/AHA guidelines for percutaneous coronary intervention (revision of the 1993 PTCA guidelines): A report of the American College of Cardiology/ American Heart Association Task Force on practice guidelines (Committee to revise the 1993 guidelines for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty) endorsed by the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions
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J Am Coll Cardiol 2001;37:2239-2239.
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Prediction of operative mortality after valve replacement surgery
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J Am Coll Cardiol 2001;37:885-892.
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Statewide reporting of coronary artery surgery results: A view from California
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J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2001;121:409-417.
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Risks of Morbidity and Mortality in Dialysis Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
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Circulation 2000;102:2973-2977.
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Challenges in comparing risk-adjusted bypass surgery mortality results: Results from the Cooperative Cardiovascular Project
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J Am Coll Cardiol 2000;36:2174-2184.
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Off-Pump Versus On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery and Postoperative Renal Dysfunction
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Anesth. Analg. 2000;91:1080-1084.
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Physician leadership in cardiac outcomes reporting
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Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2000;70:693-694.
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Decreasing mortality for aortic and mitral valve surgery in northern New England
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Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2000;70:432-437.
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Predictive accuracy study: comparing a statistical model to clinicians' estimates of outcomes after coronary bypass surgery
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Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2000;70:162-168.
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Coronary and carotid operations under prospective standardized conditions: incidence and outcome
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Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2000;69:1792-1798.
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Bedside estimation of risk as an aid for decision-making in cardiac surgery
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Factors Associated With Health Indicators in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery*
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ACC/AHA guidelines for coronary artery bypass graft surgery: A report of the American College of Cardiology/ American Heart Association task force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to revise the 1991 Guidelines for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery)
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J Am Coll Cardiol 1999;34:1262-1347.
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Governmental Databases, Hospital Information Systems, and Clinical Outcomes: Big Brother or Big Help?
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Health Maintenance Organizations and Hospital Quality for Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
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Med Care Res Rev 1999;56:340-362.
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Elimination of cardiopulmonary bypass: a prime goal in reoperative coronary artery bypass surgery
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Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 1999;14:59-63.
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A comparison of the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction 2 with the Cooperative Cardiovascular Project
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Mortality Prediction in Cardiac Surgery Patients : Comparative Performance of Parsonnet and General Severity Systems
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Circulation 1999;99:2378-2382.
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Cost-Effectiveness of Diagnostic Strategies for Patients with Chest Pain
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ANN INTERN MED 1999;130:709-718.
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Comparing Medical Centers Treating Hip Fractures in the Elderly: The Importance of Multi-Outcome Measurements
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American Journal of Medical Quality 1999;14:117-123.
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Mathematical Models and the Assessment of Performance in Cardiology
Krumholz
Circulation 1999;99:2067-2069.
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Ready-Made, Recalibrated, or Remodeled? : Issues in the Use of Risk Indexes for Assessing Mortality After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
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Volume-Outcome Relationships In Cardiovascular Operations: New York State, 1990-1995
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J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 1999;117:419-430.
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Variation in hospital rates of intraaortic balloon pump use in coronary artery bypass operations
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Ann. Thorac. Surg. 1999;67:441-445.
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Coronary artery surgery: the end of the beginning
Loop
Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 1998;14:554-571.
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Research Evidence on the Validity of Risk-Adjusted Mortality Rate as a Measure of Hospital Quality of Care
Thomas and Hofer
Med Care Res Rev 1998;55:371-404.
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The effects of New York's bypass surgery provider profiling on access to care and patient outcomes in the elderly
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J Am Coll Cardiol 1998;32:993-999.
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Tricuspid valve surgery and intraoperative echocardiography: Factors affecting survival, clinical outcome, and echocardiographic success
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A national study of postoperative mortality associated with coronary artery bypass grafting in Israel
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Ann. Thorac. Surg. 1998;66:1254-1262.
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Results of a regional study of modes of death associated with coronary artery bypass grafting
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Ann. Thorac. Surg. 1998;66:1323-1328.
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Impact of gender on coronary bypass operative mortality
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Ann. Thorac. Surg. 1998;66:125-131.
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Impact of Risk-Adjusting Cesarean Delivery Rates When Reporting Hospital Performance
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JAMA 1998;279:1968-1972.
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Aortocoronary Saphenous Vein Graft Disease : Pathogenesis, Predisposition, and Prevention
Motwani and Topol
Circulation 1998;97:916-931.
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Operative Outcome And Hospital Cost
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J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 1998;115:593-603.
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Commentary: Inaccurate Data on the Quality of Care May Do More Harm than Good--An Alternative Approach Is Required
Boscarino and Chang
American Journal of Medical Quality 1997;12:196-200.
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Effect of Recombinant Human Erythropoietin on Transfusion Risk in Coronary Bypass Patients
D'Ambra et al.
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 1997;64:1686-1693.
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Cost-Effectiveness of Repeat Medical Procedures: Kidney Transplantation as an Example
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Med Decis Making 1997;17:363-372.
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ICU Admission Score for Predicting Morbidity and Mortality Risk After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
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Ann. Thorac. Surg. 1997;64:1050-1058.
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Risk Stratification for Open Heart Operations: Comparison of Centers Regardless of the Influence of the Surgical Team
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Ann. Thorac. Surg. 1997;64:410-413.
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Declines in Hospital Mortality Associated with a Regional Initiative to Measure Hospital Performance
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American Journal of Medical Quality 1997;12:103-112.
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Coronary Artery Bypass Risk Prediction Using Neural Networks
Lippmann and Shahian
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 1997;63:1635-1643.
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Use of a Probabilistic Neural Network to Estimate the Risk of Mortality after Cardiac Surgery
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Med Decis Making 1997;17:178-185.
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Quality and the Medical Marketplace
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NEJM 1997;336:807-809.
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The Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Cardiac Surgery Database: Current Risk Assessment
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Ann. Thorac. Surg. 1997;63:903-908.
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LONG-TERM OUTCOME AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF PATIENTS REQUIRING MULTIDISCIPLINARY INTENSIVE CARE UNIT ADMISSION AFTER CARDIAC OPERATIONS
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J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 1996;112:926-934.
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Left Main Stenosis
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Measuring Quality of Care- Part Two of Six
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NEJM 1996;335:966-970.
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Cost-effectiveness of Routine Coronary Angiography After Acute Myocardial Infarction
Kuntz et al.
Circulation 1996;94:957-965.
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Influence of Cardiac-Surgery Performance Reports on Referral Practices and Access to Care -- A Survey of Cardiovascular Specialists
Schneider and Epstein
NEJM 1996;335:251-256.
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Preoperative Prediction of Postoperative Morbidity in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Kurki and Kataja
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 1996;61:1740-1745.
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Outcome Versus Volume in Coronary-Bypass Operations
Parsonnet and Bernstein
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 1996;61:1879-1880.
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RISK FACTORS FOR POSTOPERATIVE MORBIDITY
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J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 1996;111:731-741.
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