Use of select mortality tables to reevaluate CABG.

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The California Cabg Mortality Reporting Program

Each year, approximately 26,000 Californians with advanced heart disease undergo a major surgical procedure known as coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. In California, 119 hospitals offer bypass surgery to adult patients. Prior to the establishment of the California CABG Mortality Reporting Program (CCMRP) and the release of its first report in July 2001, little was known about how wel...

The California Cabg Mortality Reporting Program

CCMRP staff reviewed the clinical literature on pre-operative risk factors for bypass surgery and examined variables collected by the leading cardiac reporting programs to inform data collection for the program. CCMRP also reviewed a consensus statement prepared by a panel of researchers from the major CABG reporting programs that was particularly valuable in identifying those pre-operative cha...

Sex Differences in Mortality After CABG Surgery

INTRODUCTION Numerous studies have shown that women undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery present higher mortality rate during hospitalization, and often complications when compared to men. OBJECTIVE To compare the mortality of men and women undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery and identify factors related to differences occasionally found. METHODS Retrospective cohort ...

The California Cabg Mortality Reporting Program

The association between the quantity of care that a physician or hospital provides and the quality of care that patients receive has been intensely investigated by clinicians and health services researchers. In the majority of the published data investigating this relationship, researchers have generally found that the higher the number of patients a physician or hospital treats with a specific...