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18812729

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-9-24
pubmed:abstractText
The initiation of pay for participation and the expected move to pay for performance have increased the stakes for and amplified the importance of valid quality measures. Assessing the outcomes of clinical care is difficult and relies on the methods of observational epidemiology. Because pediatric cardiac surgery operations are performed relatively infrequently at individual hospitals and mortality rates are generally low, understanding the limitations inherent in the design of observational studies is imperative. Detailed study of the processes of care by multicenter, multidisciplinary quality improvement initiatives may augment national databases in improving outcomes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1538-943X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
54
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
447-50
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Measurement of quality in pediatric cardiac surgery: understanding the threats to validity.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239-3098, USA. welkek@ohsu.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article