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High rates of California heart procedures raise cost, health quality concerns

Database: Statewide heart surgical procedures

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By Laurence Baker, PhD | September 4, 2011

Database shows rates of heart surgical procedures for 208 geographical areas in California, called Hospital Service Areas (HSA).  They in turn are part of 24 large geographical areas called Hospital Referral Regions (HRR).

To download database in Excel, please click here.

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