Institutional factors beyond procedural volume significantly impact center variability in outcomes after orthotopic heart transplantation.

Kilic, Arman; Weiss, Eric S; Yuh, David D; Shah, Ashish S; Cameron, Duke E; Baumgartner, William A; Conte, John V

Kilic, Arman; Weiss, Eric S; Yuh, David D; Shah, Ashish S; Cameron, Duke E; Baumgartner, William A; Conte, John V.

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Kilic A; Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.

Ann Surg ; 256(4): 616-23, 2012 Oct.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22964734

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Heart Transplantation/standards; Hospitals, High-Volume/standards; Hospitals, Low-Volume/standards; Quality Assurance, Health Care/methods; Quality Indicators, Health Care/statistics & numerical data; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cohort Studies; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Heart Transplantation/mortality; Heart Transplantation/statistics & numerical data; Hospital Mortality; Hospitals, High-Volume/statistics & numerical data; Hospitals, Low-Volume/statistics & numerical data; Humans; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Logistic Models; Male; Middle Aged; Outcome Assessment, Health Care; Registries; United States; Young Adult

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Quality Assurance, Health Care / Heart Transplantation / Quality Indicators, Health Care / Hospitals, High-Volume / Hospitals, Low-Volume Type of study: Etiology_studies / Evaluation_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: America do norte Language: En Journal: Ann Surg Year: 2012 Type: Article Affiliation country: United States

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