Cardiac procedures in Canada and New York State demonstrated low rates of inappropriate use for coronary angiography (9% vs 10% by Canadian criteria) and CABG (4% vs 6%).
Observational (n=3,758)
Yes
Does the appropriateness of coronary angiography and CABG differ between Canada and New York State?
Rates of inappropriate use of coronary angiography and CABG were low in both Canada and New York State, though Canada performed fewer procedures on elderly patients and women.
Absolute Event Rate: 9% vs 10%
Objective. —To compare the appropriateness of coronary angiography and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) use between the United States and Canada. Design. —Retrospective randomized medical record review. Setting. —All hospitals performing coronary angiography and/or CABG surgery in two Canadian provinces (Ontario and British Columbia); in New York State, 15 randomly selected hospitals that provide coronary angiography and 15 randomly selected hospitals that provide CABG surgery. Patients. —All patients were randomly selected. For coronary angiography, 533 patients in Canada and 1333 patients in New York were selected; for CABG, 556 patients in Canada and 1336 patients in New York were selected. Main Outcome Measures. —Percentage of patients in each country who had coronary angiography or CABG for necessary, appropriate, uncertain, or inappropriate indications as rated by criteria developed separately in each country and the complications of those procedures. Results. —For coronary angiography, 9% of Canadian cases and 10% of New York cases were rated inappropriate using Canadian criteria compared with 5% and 4%, respectively, using US criteria. For CABG, 4% of Canadian cases and 6% of New York cases were rated inappropriate by Canadian criteria compared with 3% and 2%, respectively, using US criteria. A lower proportion of procedures were performed on persons aged 75 years or older in Canada than in New York for both coronary angiography (5% vs 11%;PPP=.023). Canadian patients with left main coronary disease waited significantly longer between angiography and CABG than did New York patients (PConclusions. —Rates of inappropriate use of cardiac procedures were low in Canada and New York, which suggests that the regionalization of cardiac procedures that characterizes both health care systems contributes to better clinical decision making. Differences in the use of cardiac procedures among the elderly in the two countries merits further comparative examination. (JAMA. 1994;272:934-940)
E. A. McGlynn (Wed,) conducted a observational in Coronary artery disease requiring angiography or CABG (n=3,758). Cardiac procedures in Canada vs. Cardiac procedures in New York State was evaluated on Inappropriate indications for coronary angiography (using Canadian criteria). Cardiac procedures in Canada and New York State demonstrated low rates of inappropriate use for coronary angiography (9% vs 10% by Canadian criteria) and CABG (4% vs 6%).
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