National Comparison of Hospital Performances in Lung Cancer Surgery: The Role Of Casemix Adjustment.

CONCLUSIONS: The between-hospital variation in casemix of patients undergoing surgery for NSCLC emphasizes the importance of proper adjustment when comparing hospitals on outcome indicators.
PMID: 29625100 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - April 3, 2018 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Beck N, Hoeijmakers F, van der Willik EM, Heineman DJ, Braun J, Tollenaar RAEM, Schreurs WH, Wouters MWJM Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research