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5. Public Reporting as a Quality Improvement Strategy

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Author<br />

Year<br />

1. Study<br />

Purpose<br />

and/or a<br />

priori<br />

Hypothesis<br />

2.<br />

Geographic<br />

Location<br />

3. Study<br />

Design/<br />

Type<br />

4. Sample/<br />

Population:<br />

Who or what<br />

is studied? <strong>5.</strong> Outcomes<br />

K-19<br />

6. Name of<br />

Report or<br />

Subject<br />

Matter 7. Results<br />

information: 93(43); 20(35)<br />

A higher mortality rate is probably<br />

due to chance alone: (49(23);<br />

16(28)<br />

Few surgeons and hospitals<br />

report mortality rates that are<br />

higher or lower than expected:<br />

39(18); 11(20)<br />

Rating are inaccurate for<br />

surgeons with small c<strong>as</strong>eloads:<br />

31(15); 11(20)<br />

8. Summary<br />

Differences between two groups<br />

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