What is the marginal cost for marginal risk in cardiac surgery?

Background. It has been shown that postoperative length of stay (LOS) correlates highly with mortality risk for cardiac surgical procedures. Similar correlations have been found for charges with LOS and costs with risk. Methods. Postoperative LOS and risk scores were obtained, tabulated, and compile...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 1998-12, Vol.66 (6), p.1969-1971
Hauptverfasser:	Williams, Thomas E, Fanning, William J, Benton, W.C, Kakos, Gerard S, Miller, Randall L, Esterline, William J, Hankins, Thomas D
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Aged, 80 and over Biological and medical sciences Cardiac Surgical Procedures - economics Cardiac Surgical Procedures - mortality Cohort Studies Hospital Costs - statistics & numerical data Humans Length of Stay - economics Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data Medical sciences Risk Assessment Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the heart
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