Evolution of case-mix in heart surgery: from mortality risk to complication risk

During the last two decades despite an increase of the average preoperative mortality risk of patients referred to heart surgery a decrease of hospital mortality has been observed in many surgical institutions. The ratio between the increase of risk and the decrease of mortality could be defined as...

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Veröffentlicht in:	European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery 2002-12, Vol.22 (6), p.927-933
Hauptverfasser:	Pinna Pintor, Plinio, Colangelo, Salvatore, Bobbio, Marco
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Cardiac Surgical Procedures - adverse effects Cardiac Surgical Procedures - economics Cardiac Surgical Procedures - mortality Diagnosis-Related Groups - economics Diagnosis-Related Groups - trends Hospital Costs - trends Hospital Mortality Humans Intensive Care Units - statistics & numerical data Length of Stay - economics Length of Stay - trends Medical sciences Postoperative Postoperative Complications - epidemiology Postoperative Complications - mortality Risk Assessment - methods Risk Factors Risk stratification Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the heart
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