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. 2020 Feb 20;382(8):778-779.
doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1911289.

Behavioral Heuristics in Coronary-Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

Andrew R Olenski  1 , André Zimerman  2 , Stephen Coussens  3 , Anupam B Jena  4
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Behavioral Heuristics in Coronary-Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

Andrew R Olenski et al. N Engl J Med. .
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Adjusted Percentages of Patients Undergoing CABG and Adjusted Mortality among Medicare Patients Hospitalized with Acute Myocardial Infarction.
Panel A shows the adjusted percentages of patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction who underwent inpatient coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) within 2-week intervals around their birthday, with adjustment for race, sex, 11 chronic conditions, Medicaid eligibility, and disability status, in a multivariable linear regression. Panel B shows the adjusted 30-day mortality among patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction within 2-week intervals around their birthday, with the same covariates. I bars indicate 95% confidence intervals.
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