Key result
Hospital and surgeon-specific mortality rates for CABG surgery varied significantly, including a threefold difference in surgeon-specific mortality not explained by patient illness severity.
Why the study?
Are there differences in hospital- and surgeon-specific in-hospital mortality rates for patients undergoing CABG surgery?
Cohort (n=4,613)
Yes
Are there differences in hospital- and surgeon-specific in-hospital mortality rates for patients undergoing CABG surgery?
Significant variations in CABG mortality exist among surgeons and hospitals that are not explained by patient severity or procedural volume.
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Variation in CABG mortality by surgeon and hospital should not yet change referrals; leaves open whether unmeasured factors or quality initiatives explain differences.
S. V. Williams (1991) conducted a cohort in Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery (n=4,613). Hospital and surgeon-specific factors was evaluated on In-hospital mortality rates. Hospital and surgeon-specific mortality rates for CABG surgery varied significantly, including a threefold difference in surgeon-specific mortality not explained by patient illness severity.
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