The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 2 , Pages 273-282 , February 2010

Association of hospital coronary artery bypass volume with processes of care, mortality, morbidity, and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons composite quality score

Read at the Eighty-ninth Annual Meeting of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Boston, Mass, May 9–13, 2009.

  • David M. Shahian, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery and Center for Quality and Safety, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: David M. Shahian, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Surgery and Center for Quality and Safety, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA 02114.
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  • Sean M. O'Brien, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC
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  • Sharon-Lise T. Normand, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, and the Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass
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  • Eric D. Peterson, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC
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  • Fred H. Edwards, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla

Received 6 May 2009 ,Revised 14 August 2009 ,Accepted 2 September 2009.

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 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01163-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.09.007

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 2 , Pages 273-282 , February 2010

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