The Society of Thoracic Surgeons composite measure of individual surgeon performance for adult cardiac surgery: A report of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Quality Measurement Task Force

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1315-1325

  Shahian, David M ^a   He, Xia ^b   Jacobs, Jeffrey P ^c   Kurlansky, Paul A ^d   Badhwar, Vinay ^e   Cleveland, Joseph C ^f   Fazzalari, Frank L ^g   Filardo, Giovanni ^h   Normand, Sharon Lise T ⁱ   Furnary, Anthony P ^j   Magee, Mitchell J ^k   Rankin, J Scott ^l   Welke, Karl F ^m   Han, Jane ⁿ   O'Brien, Sean M ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins All Children's Heart Institute   (United States)

^d College of Physicians and Surg ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^h BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

ⁱ HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^j Starr Wood Cardiac Group   (United States)

^k HCA North Texas Division   (United States)

^l Cardiothoracic Surgery Associates   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

ⁿ The Society of Thoracic Surgeons   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORAX SURGERY; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84952715816     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.06.122     Document Type: Conference Paper

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