Association Between Past and Present Operative Mortality in Congenital Heart Surgery

CONCLUSIONS: Past mortality relates to present primarily for groups of hospitals at the extremes, with past 4-year more informative than past 1-year data. For individual hospitals, past may differ from present, regression to the mean is common, and many change quartiles. Past mortality should be used thoughtfully and not as the sole factor informing present decision making.PMID:38401767 | DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2024.02.018
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Source Type: research