Public reporting of cardiac surgery performance: Part 1 - History, rationale, consequences

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Shahian, David M ^a   Edwards, Fred H ^b   Jacobs, Jeffrey P ^c   Prager, Richard L ^d   Normand, Sharon Lise T ^e   Shewan, Cynthia M ^f   O'Brien, Sean M ^g   Peterson, Eric D ^g   Grover, Frederick L ^h  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH JACKSONVILLE   (United States)

^c Division of Pediatric Heart Surgery   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f The Society of Thoracic Surgeons   (United States)

^g DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DEONTOLOGY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MARKET; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ETHICS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; NATIONAL PRACTITIONER DATA BANK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BENCHMARKING; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEEDBACK; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; NATIONAL PRACTITIONER DATA BANK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052055970     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.06.102     Document Type: Editorial

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