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. 2012 Jan 1;3(1):32-47.
doi: 10.1177/2150135111426732.

Quality measures for congenital and pediatric cardiac surgery

Jeffrey Phillip Jacobs  1 , Marshall Lewis Jacobs, Erle H Austin 3rd, Constantine Mavroudis, Sara K Pasquali, Francois G Lacour-Gayet, Christo I Tchervenkov, Hal Walters 3rd, Emile A Bacha, Pedro J Del Nido, Charles D Fraser, J William Gaynor, Jennifer C Hirsch, David L S Morales, Kamal K Pourmoghadam, James S Tweddell, Richard L Prager, John E Mayer
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Quality measures for congenital and pediatric cardiac surgery

Jeffrey Phillip Jacobs et al. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. .

Abstract

This article presents 21 "Quality Measures for Congenital and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery" that were developed and approved by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) and endorsed by the Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society (CHSS). These Quality Measures are organized according to Donabedian's Triad of Structure, Process, and Outcome. It is hoped that these quality measures can aid in congenital and pediatric cardiac surgical quality assessment and quality improvement initiatives.

Keywords: database; outcomes; quality assessment; quality improvement.

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