Reporting systems for cardiac surgery

Editorial

Vipin Zamvar. BMJ. 2004.

. 2004 Aug 21;329(7463):413-4.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7463.413.

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Performance monitoring should take costs to heart.
Bird SM. Bird SM. BMJ. 2004 Oct 9;329(7470):856. doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7470.856. BMJ. 2004. PMID: 15472277 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Improving mortality of coronary surgery over first four years of independent practice: retrospective examination of prospectively collected data from 15 surgeons.
Bridgewater B, Grayson AD, Au J, Hassan R, Dihmis WC, Munsch C, Waterworth P. Bridgewater B, et al. BMJ. 2004 Aug 21;329(7463):421. doi: 10.1136/bmj.38173.577697.55. Epub 2004 Aug 6. BMJ. 2004. PMID: 15298881 Free PMC article.
The legacy of Bristol: public disclosure of individual surgeons' results.
Keogh B, Spiegelhalter D, Bailey A, Roxburgh J, Magee P, Hilton C. Keogh B, et al. BMJ. 2004 Aug 21;329(7463):450-4. doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7463.450. BMJ. 2004. PMID: 15321906 Free PMC article.

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