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5. Public Reporting as a Quality Improvement Strategy

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Author<br />

Year<br />

(QA)<br />

Glance<br />

2008 48<br />

(Fair)<br />

Study<br />

Purpose and/<br />

or a priori<br />

Hypothesis<br />

To determine if<br />

high-quality<br />

surgeons are<br />

less likely to<br />

perform CABG<br />

surgery on<br />

high-risk<br />

patients<br />

compared with<br />

lower-risk<br />

patients.<br />

Study<br />

Geographic Design/<br />

Location Type<br />

NY One Group,<br />

Post Only<br />

Sample<br />

Population/<br />

Procedure<br />

Patients<br />

undergoing<br />

isolated<br />

CABG<br />

surgery in<br />

NYS who<br />

were<br />

discharged<br />

between<br />

1997 and<br />

1999.<br />

N=51750.<br />

Primary<br />

Comparison Outcomes<br />

Low-risk Association<br />

patients vs. between<br />

high-risk surgeon<br />

patients. observed-toexpected<br />

mortality ratio<br />

and patient<br />

predicted<br />

mortality<br />

J-2<br />

<strong>Public</strong><br />

Report<br />

Name and<br />

Description*<br />

Context:<br />

Environment<br />

Characteristics<br />

Context:<br />

Decisionmaker<br />

Characteristics<br />

Context:<br />

Type of<br />

Decision/<br />

Choice<br />

NY CSRS None none none

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