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British heart surgeons will be publicly graded on a three-star rating system based on survival rates for first-time coronary artery bypass grafts, which have a national mean mortality of 2.1%.
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The Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons in Britain is introducing a three-star rating system for heart surgeons based on survival rates for first-time isolated CABG to forestall government league tables.
Britain's heart surgeons are to be publicly graded on their performance on a three star rating system that classes them according to the survival rates of their patients. The Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons says it has opted for the scheme to forestall government plans to introduce performance league tables. The society argues that the government's plans would penalise consultants who take on high risk patients. Rather than covering all cardiac surgery, the ratings will be based on coronary artery bypass grafts without additional procedures, conducted on adults having cardiac surgery for the first time. The …
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O. Dyer (2003) studied Coronary artery disease requiring bypass surgery. Public performance rating system was evaluated. British heart surgeons will be publicly graded on a three-star rating system based on survival rates for first-time coronary artery bypass grafts, which have a national mean mortality of 2.1%.
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