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Depression and geographic status as predictors for coronary artery bypass surgery outcomes.

Dao TK, Chu D, Springer J, Hiatt E, Nguyen Q. Depression and geographic status as predictors for coronary artery bypass surgery outcomes. The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association. 2010 Jan 1; 26(1):36-43.

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Abstract:

Rural patients were more likely than urban ones to have a depression diagnosis. Depression was a significant independent predictor of both in-hospital mortality and length of stay for patients receiving CABG surgery. Also, rural patients had increased lengths of in-hospital stay as well as in-hospital mortality rates compared to those who resided in urban areas.




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