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. 2004 Aug 21;329(7463):450-4.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7463.450.

The legacy of Bristol: public disclosure of individual surgeons' results

Bruce Keogh  1 , David Spiegelhalter, Alan Bailey, James Roxburgh, Patrick Magee, Colin Hilton
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The legacy of Bristol: public disclosure of individual surgeons' results

Bruce Keogh et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Measurement of outcomes from medical or surgical interventions is part of good practice, but publication of individual doctors' results remains controversial. The authors discuss this issue in the context of cardiothoracic surgery

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Proposed method of presentation of surgeon specific data in cardiac surgery. Pagano and Rooney were recently appointed, so the full three years of data are not available
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