Estimating cost savings from regionalizing cardiac procedures using hospital discharge data
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>We examined whether higher procedure volumes for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery or percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) were associated with lower costs per patient, and if so, estimated the financial savings from r...
Main Authors: | Petersen Laura A, Ho Vivian |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2007-06-01
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Series: | Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation |
Online Access: | http://www.resource-allocation.com/content/5/1/7 |
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