In this issue Dr. William A. Ghali and colleagues publish their provocative study of Canadian
(excluding Quebec) rates of in-hospital death after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) …

BACKGROUND: Rates of in-hospital death after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)
have been studied in many regions of Canada as possible indicators of hospital-specific …

Background This study was conducted to assess the overall mortality rate and the amount of
interhospital variation in risk-adjusted mortality rates after coronary artery bypass graft …

BACKGROUND: Despite a body of research on outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting
(CABG) in Canada, little is known about Canada-wide outcome trends and interregional …

Objective.—To assess changes in outcomes of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery
in New York since 1989, when the State Department of Health began collecting, analyzing …

Objective.—A prospective regional study was conducted to determine if the observed
differences in in-hospital mortality rates associated with coronary artery bypass grafting …

Objective.—To determine whether hospital rankings based on complication rates provide
the same information as hospital rankings based on mortality rates. Design.—A retrospective …

This study relies on the fact that mortality rates for CABG surgery have been calculated in a
standard way in a 2008 report by the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality …

Objective.—To assess whether risk-adjusted mortality rates for hospitals reflect primarily
chance variation. Design.—Observation over time. Setting.—All 115 California hospitals with …

Objective.—To measure hospital-and surgeon-specific mortality rates for patients with
coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and to examine possible reasons for any …