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U.S. Trends In CABG Hospital Volume: The Effect Of Adding Cardiac Surgery Programs

Chad T. Wilson, Elliott S. Fisher, H. Gilbert Welch, Andrea E. Siewers and F. Lee Lucas

View larger version (17K): [in this window] [in a new window]   EXHIBIT 1 Annual Number Of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Procedures And Number Of Hospitals Performing CABG In The United States, 1992–2003

View larger version (16K): [in this window] [in a new window]   EXHIBIT 2 National Volume Analysis: Proportion Of Patients Given Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) In Very-Low-Volume And In Very-High-Volume Hospitals, 1992–2003

View larger version (24K): [in this window] [in a new window]   EXHIBIT 4 Regional Volume Analysis: Effect Of The Change In The Number Of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Hospitals Within The Region On The Proportion Of CABGs Performed In Very-Low-Volume And In Very-High-Volume Hospitals, 1992 And 2003

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