Risk assessment, league tables, and report cards: Where is true quality monitoring? [3] (multiple letters)

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1748-1749

  Nashef, Samer A M ^a   Roques, François ^b   Grunkemeier, Gary L ^c   Zerr, K Jeanne ^c   Jin, Ruyun ^c  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE FORT DE FRANCE   (France)

^c PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTINGENCY TABLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART SURGERY; INSULIN INFUSION; LETTER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEER REVIEW; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036839867     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(02)04044-4     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

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2. M. Shahian S.L. Norman D.F. Torchiana Cardiac surgery report cards comprehensive review and statistical critique [review] Ann Thorac Surg 72 2001 2155 2168
3. S.A. Nashef F. Roques P. Michel European system for cardiac operative risk evaluation (EuroSCORE) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 16 1999 9 13