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References from Health Care Quality Measures. Local targets link to admitted publications; unresolved targets remain external evidence.
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Rating the raters: the inconsistent quality of health care performance measurement
10.1097/sla.0000000000001631 · 2016 · External reference
The quality measurement crisis: an urgent need for methodological standards and transparency
2016 · External reference
National hospital ratings systems share few common scores and may generate confusion instead of clarity
10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0201 · 2015 · External reference
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Comparing consumer-directed hospital rankings with STS adult cardiac surgery database outcomes
10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.06.050 · 2023 · External reference
Measuring and reporting cardiac surgery quality: a continuing evolution
10.1016/j.jtcvs.2022.02.051 · 2023 · External reference
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Evaluating the quality of medical care
10.2307/3348969 · 1966 · External reference
10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.01.061
10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.01.061 · 2012 · External reference
Appropriate use criteria for coronary revascularization and trends in utilization, patient selection, and appropriateness of percutaneous coronary intervention
10.1001/jama.2015.13764 · 2015 · External reference
Appropriateness of coronary artery bypass graft surgery performed in northern New England
10.1016/j.jacc.2008.01.067 · 2008 · External reference
Changes in percutaneous coronary interventions deemed “Inappropriate” by appropriate use criteria
10.1016/j.jacc.2016.12.025 · 2017 · External reference
The need to improve the appropriate use of coronary revascularization: challenges and opportunities
10.1016/j.jacc.2012.01.054 · 2012 · External reference
Commentary: failure to rescue: what does it really measure?
10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.01.129 · 2023 · External reference
Complications, failure to rescue, and mortality with major inpatient surgery in medicare patients
10.1097/sla.0b013e3181bef697 · 2009 · External reference
Evaluation of the complication rate as a measure of quality of care in coronary artery bypass graft surgery
10.1001/jama.1995.03530040045039 · 1995 · External reference
Failure to rescue rates after coronary artery bypass grafting: an analysis from the society of thoracic surgeons adult cardiac surgery database
10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.04.051 · 2016 · External reference
Failure to rescue: a new society of thoracic surgeons quality metric for cardiac surgery
10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.06.025 · 2022 · External reference
Failure-to-rescue rate as a measure of quality of care in a cardiac surgery recovery unit: a five-year study
10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.07.097 · 2014 · External reference
Hospital and patient characteristics associated with death after surgery: a study of adverse occurrence and failure to rescue
10.1097/00005650-199207000-00004 · 1907 · External reference
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Examining the role of patient experience surveys in measuring health care quality
10.1177/1077558714541480 · 2014 · External reference
Patient experience and health care quality
10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.5435 · 2016 · External reference
The patient experience and health outcomes
10.1056/nejmp1211775 · 2013 · External reference
Relationship between patient-reported hospital experience and 30-Day mortality and readmission rates for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia
10.1007/s11606-018-4746-6 · 2019 · External reference
The relationship between patients’ perception of care and measures of hospital quality and safety
10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01122.x · 2010 · External reference
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A systematic review of evidence on the links between patient experience and clinical safety and effectiveness
10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001570 · 2013 · External reference
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The STS participant-level, multiprocedural composite measure for adult cardiac surgery
10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.06.084 · 2022 · External reference
The “occasional open heart surgeon” revisited
10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.10.077 · 2008 · External reference
Single- versus multicenter surgeons’ risk-adjusted coronary artery bypass graft procedural outcomes
10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.01.023 · 2018 · External reference
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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
10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.06.122 · 2015 · External reference
Improving quality in cardiothoracic surgery: exploiting the untapped potential of machine learning
10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.06.058 · 2022 · External reference
The New York state cardiac registries: history, contributions, limitations, and lessons for future efforts to assess and publicly report healthcare outcomes
10.1016/j.jacc.2011.12.051 · 2012 · External reference
Current penetration, completeness, and representativeness of the society of thoracic surgeons adult cardiac surgery database
10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.04.107 · 2022 · External reference
Relevance of cardiac surgery outcome reporting 3 years later in a New York and California statewide analysis
10.1001/jamasurg.2019.6367 · 2020 · External reference
Regulatory and ethical considerations for linking clinical and administrative databases
10.1016/j.ahj.2009.03.023 · 2009 · External reference
Successful linking of the society of Thoracic Surgeons adult cardiac surgery database to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Medicare data
10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.05.042 · 2010 · External reference
Successful linking of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons database to social security data to examine survival after cardiac operations
10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.02.029 · 2011 · External reference
Bioprosthetic vs mechanical aortic valve replacement in patients 40 to 75 years of Age
10.1016/j.jacc.2025.01.013 · 2025 · External reference
Comparison of hospital risk-standardized mortality rates calculated by using in-hospital and 30-day models: an observational study with implications for hospital profiling
10.7326/0003-4819-156-1-201201030-00004 · 2012 · External reference
Impact of public reporting of 30-day mortality on timing of death after coronary artery bypass graft surgery
10.1097/aln.0000000000001884 · 2017 · External reference
Comparison of three measurements of cardiac surgery mortality for the Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group
10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.11.051 · 2006 · External reference
Cardiac surgery risk models: a position article
10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.05.054 · 2004 · External reference
Issues in quality measurement: target population, risk adjustment, and ratings
10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.03.029 · 2013 · External reference
The society of thoracic surgeons 2018 adult cardiac surgery risk models: part 1-Background, design considerations, and model development
10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.03.002 · 2018 · External reference
The society of thoracic surgeons 2018 adult cardiac surgery risk models: part 2-Statistical methods and results
2018 · External reference
2024 update of the society of thoracic surgeons short-term esophagectomy risk model: more inclusive and improved calibration
10.1016/j.athoracsur.2024.05.044 · 2024 · External reference
The society of thoracic surgeons composite score rating for pulmonary resection for lung cancer
10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.08.114 · 2020 · External reference
The STS 2024 risk models for lung cancer resection: continued refinement and improved outcomes
10.1016/j.athoracsur.2024.07.047 · 2024 · External reference
Identification of preoperative variables needed for risk adjustment of short-term mortality after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The working group panel on the cooperative CABG database project
10.1016/s0735-1097(96)00359-2 · 1996 · External reference
Assessing the outcomes of coronary artery bypass graft surgery: how many risk factors are enough? Steering Committee of the Cardiac Care Network of Ontario
10.1016/s0735-1097(97)00295-7 · 1997 · External reference
Statistical methods for profiling providers of medical care: issues and applications
10.1080/01621459.1997.10474036 · 1997 · External reference
Institutional performance
2001 · External reference
League tables and their limitations: statistical issues in comparisons of institutional performance
10.2307/2983325 · 1996 · External reference
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1995 · External reference
Massachusetts cardiac surgery report card: implications of statistical methodology
10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.06.078 · 2005 · External reference
Medical profiling: improving standards and risk adjustments using hierarchical models
10.1016/s0167-6296(99)00034-x · 2000 · External reference
Cardiac surgery report cards: comprehensive review and statistical critique
10.1016/s0003-4975(01)03222-2 · 2001 · External reference
Statistical and clinical aspects of hospital outcomes profiling
10.1214/088342307000000096 · 2007 · External reference
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Comparison of “risk-adjusted” hospital outcomes
10.1161/circulationaha.107.747873 · 2008 · External reference
The use and misuse of indirectly standardized, risk-adjusted outcomes and star ratings
10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.09.010 · 2019 · External reference
The denominator problem: national hospital quality measures for acute myocardial infarction
10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004888 · 2017 · External reference
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10.7249/tr653 · External reference
Comparing methods for assessing the reliability of health care quality measures
10.1002/sim.10197 · 2024 · External reference
Reliability of surgical outcomes for predicting future hospital performance
10.1097/mlr.0000000000000138 · 2014 · External reference
Comparison of outlier identification methods in hospital surgical quality improvement programs
10.1007/s11605-010-1316-6 · 2010 · External reference
Reliability of league tables of in vitro fertilisation clinics: retrospective analysis of live birth rates
10.1136/bmj.316.7146.1701 · 1998 · External reference
Ranking institutions
10.1067/mtc.2002.265 · 2003 · External reference
Limitations of ranking lists based on cardiac surgery mortality rates
10.1161/circoutcomes.111.964460 · 2012 · External reference
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Assessment of a novel hybrid Delphi and Nominal Groups technique to evaluate quality indicators
10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01297.x · 2011 · External reference
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