Procedural Volume as a Marker of Quality for CABG Surgery
JAMAPublished 13 January 2004
Eric D. Peterson
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Abstract
In contemporary practice, hospital procedural volume is only modestly associated with CABG outcomes and therefore may not be an adequate quality metric for CABG surgery.
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