Publicly Available Outcome Data for Individual Surgeons: Lessons from Cardiac Surgery.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.eururo.2016.09.024.
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Abstract
Surgeon-specific outcome data for cardiac surgery have been published in the UK since 2005 and have been associated with improvement in risk-adjusted survival over time. This reassurance about the safety of cardiac surgery is unique in the world, but it remains controversial.
Medical subject headings
- Access to Information
- Cardiac Surgical Procedures
- Outcome Assessment, Health Care
- Surgeons
- Thoracic Surgery