Cardiac Surgery Costs According to the Preoperative Risk in the Brazilian Public Health System

Abstract Background: Heart surgery has developed with increasing patient complexity. Objective: To assess the use of resources and real costs stratified by risk factors of patients submitted to surgical cardiac procedures and to compare them with the values reimbursed by the Brazilian Unified Health...

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Main Authors: David Provenzale Titinger, Luiz Augusto Ferreira Lisboa, Bruna La Regina Matrangolo, Luis Roberto Palma Dallan, Luis Alberto Oliveira Dallan, Evelinda Marramon Trindade, Ivone Eckl, Roberto Kalil Filho, Omar Asdrúbal Vilca Mejía, Fabio Biscegli Jatene
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2015-01-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2015005050068&lng=en&tlng=en