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<strong>KCE</strong> Reports 113 Volume Outcome 133<br />

Figure 6.3: Funnel plot of the in-hospital mortality rate following CEA/CAS<br />

treatm<strong>en</strong>t, by c<strong>en</strong>tre<br />

DESCRIPTION OF DIFFERENCES IN CHARACTERISTICS ACCORDING TO<br />

THE VOLUME CATEGORY OF THE HOSPITAL<br />

The 110 c<strong>en</strong>tres have be<strong>en</strong> divi<strong>de</strong>d in three tertiles according to their annual <strong>volume</strong> of<br />

CEA/CAS procedures: hospitals belonging to the first tertile have 16 or less CEA/CAS<br />

per year; hospitals in the second tertile perform betwe<strong>en</strong> 17 and 31 CEA/CAS per year;<br />

c<strong>en</strong>tres in the third tertile have more than 31 procedures per year. Table 6.6 shows the<br />

number of hospitals and stays in each tertile.<br />

The differ<strong>en</strong>ces in case mix and outcomes betwe<strong>en</strong> the low <strong>volume</strong> (first tertile),<br />

medium <strong>volume</strong> (second tertile) and high <strong>volume</strong> (third tertile) c<strong>en</strong>tres are summarized<br />

in Table 6.6. Case mix seems very similar in the three tertiles. Observed in-hospital<br />

mortality is 1.9% in low <strong>volume</strong> c<strong>en</strong>tres and 0.8% in medium and high <strong>volume</strong> hospitals.

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