Monitoring the performance of cardiac surgeons

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 684-689

  Lovegrove, J ^a   Sherlaw Johnson, C ^a   Valencia, O ^b   Treasure, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health; Monitoring; Performance; Surgical operations

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; GRAPH THEORY; HEALTH; HOSPITALS; MONITORING; PERFORMANCE; PERSONNEL; PROBABILITY; RISKS;

CARDIAC SURGEONS; CASE MIX; SURGICAL OPERATIONS; VARIABLE LIFE ADJUSTED DISPLAY;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0032668319     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2600774     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. de Leval MR et al (1994). Analysis of a cluster of surgical failures. Application to a series of neonatal arterial switch operations. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 107: 914-924.
2. Lovegrove J et al (1997). Monitoring the results of cardiac surgery by variable life-adjusted display. Lancet 350: 1128-1130.
3. Parsonnet Y Dean D and Berstein AD (1989). A method of uniform stratification of risk for evaluating the results of surgery in acquired adult heart disease. Circulation 79 (Suppl 1): S3-S12.
4. Edwards FH, Clark RE and Schwartz M (1994). Coronary artery bypass grafting: the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database experience. Ann Thorac Surg 57: 12-19.
5. Tu JY Jaglal SB, Naylor D (1995). Multicenter validation of a risk index for mortality, intensive care unit stay, and overall hospital length of stay after cardiac surgery. Circulation 91: 677-684.
6. Spiegelhalter DJ (1992). Risk stratification for open heart surgery. Br Med J 305: 1500.
7. Nashef SAM et al (1992). Risk stratification for open heart surgery: trial of the Parsonnet system in a British hospital. Br Med J 305: 1066-1067.
8. Bridgewater B et al (1998). Predicting operative risk for coronary artery surgery in the United Kingdom: a comparison of various risk prediction algorithms. Heart 79: 350-355.
9. Altman DG (1991). Practical Statistics for Medical Research. Chapman & Hall: London.
10. Treasure T, Taylor K and Black N (1997). Independent Review of Adult Cardiac Surgery. United Bristol Healthcare Trust.