Monitoring the performance of cardiac surgeons

J Lovegrove (), C Sherlaw-Johnson (), O Valencia, T Treasure and S Gallivan
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J Lovegrove: University College London
C Sherlaw-Johnson: University College London
O Valencia: St George's Hospital Medical School
T Treasure: St George's Hospital Medical School
S Gallivan: University College London

Journal of the Operational Research Society, 1999, vol. 50, issue 7, 684-689

Abstract: Abstract In the past, simple methods have been used to examine the performance of surgeons by examining the cumulative in-hospital mortality of their patients, without regard to the severity of the cases involved. This paper describes an alternative approach which takes account of an individual cardiac surgeon's case-mix by explicitly incorporating the inherent risk faced by patients due to a combination of factors relating to their age and the degree of disease they have.

Keywords: health; surgical operations; monitoring; performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2600774

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