Effect of procedural volume on outcome of coronary artery bypass graft surgery in Japan: Implication toward public reporting and minimal volume standards
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryPublished 4 May 2008Open access
Hiroaki Miyata, Noboru Motomura, Yuichi Ueda, Hikaru Matsuda, Shinichi Takamoto
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In Japan, high-volume compared with low-volume providers had better outcomes and hospital- based evaluation might be more credible than surgeon-based evaluation.
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In Japan, high-volume compared with low-volume providers had better outcomes. As for public reporting in Japan, hospital-based evaluation might be more credible than surgeon-based evaluation. Although minimal volume standards might be effective to improve quality to some extent, volume has limitations as a marker of quality because of its wide range of variance.
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