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Measuring the quality of surgery: should textbook outcomes be an off-the-shelf or a bespoke metric?

Abstract Measuring the quality of healthcare has become increasingly important, with surgery not exempt from such evaluation. As technological opportunities and novel developments broaden the range and complexity of treatments..

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Monitoring the quality of cardiac surgery based on three or more surgical outcomes using a new variable life-adjusted display

Abstract Quality problem or issue The traditional variable life-adjusted display (VLAD) is a graphical display of the difference between expected and actual cumulative deaths. The VLAD assumes binary outcomes: death..

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