Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5606683 | JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions | 2017 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Risk-adjusted hospital and physician mortality rates are highly correlated regardless of whether shock patients are included in public reporting. The numbers of outliers are similar, and outlier changes are minimal, although 10% to 15% of cardiologists who were outliers in either exclusion rule were not outliers in the other one. This information can form a basis for subsequent discussions regarding the exclusion of high-risk patients from public reporting.
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Authors
Edward L. PhD, Ye MD, Kimberly MA, Foster MD, Marcus MD, Peter B. MD, Alice K. MD, Gary MD, Frederick S.K. MD, Ferdinand J. MD, Spencer B. MD,