| modeling the costs and outcomes of cardiovascular surgery. | coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) operations consume more health care resources than any other single procedure. the objective of this study was to develop a computer simulation model that can be used to predict costs and patient outcomes of cabg surgery. the analysis is based on a systems dynamic model developed using stella software. two sets of data from medicare patients who underwent cabg operations at methodist hospital of indiana were used to construct and validate the model. the model ... | 2002 | 11993745 |