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March 23, 2011Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic SurgeryOpen Access

Performance indicators in cardiac surgery - time for public release

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Population

United Kingdom cardiac surgeons (n=109 respondents in 2005, n=134 respondents in 2009)

Design

Editorial

Authors

PKP. KolhUniversity of Liège

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Overview

May support wider public reporting in cardiac surgery; leaves open optimal risk adjustment and long-term outcome metrics.

Structured PICO

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Population
United Kingdom cardiac surgeons (n=109 respondents in 2005, n=134 respondents in 2009)
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Intervention
Individual performance tables (public release of surgical results)
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Outcome
Views of cardiac surgeons on individual performance tables

Cardiac surgeons are increasingly accepting of public performance reporting, highlighting the importance of accurate risk adjustment and the need to expand focus to long-term outcomes and quality of life.

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P. Kolh (2011) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a70e3188031ec7bb1dca604https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2010.257857a
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