The relationship between cardiac surgeon experience and average patient risk profile: CA and NY statewide analysis.
CABG
public reporting
surgeon experience
Journal
Journal of cardiac surgery
ISSN: 1540-8191
Titre abrégé: J Card Surg
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8908809
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Apr 2021
Apr 2021
Historique:
revised:
03
12
2020
received:
30
10
2020
accepted:
26
12
2020
pubmed:
20
1
2021
medline:
11
5
2021
entrez:
19
1
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
It is unknown how high and low-risk cases are distributed among cardiac surgeons of different experience levels. The purpose of this study was to determine if high and low-risk coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) cases are distributed among surgeons in such a way that would optimize outcomes in light of recent studies that show mid-career surgeons may obtain better patient outcomes on more complex cases. We performed a cross-sectional study using aggregated New York (NY) and California (CA) statewide surgeon-level outcome data, including 336 cardiac surgeons who performed 43,604 CABGs. The surgeon observed and expected mortality rates (OMR and EMR) were collected and the number of years-in-practice was determined by searching for surgeon training history on online registries. Loess and linear regression models were used to characterize the relationship between surgeon EMR and surgeon years-in-practice. The median number of surgeon years-in-practice was 20 (interquartile range [IQR] 11-28) with a median annual case volume of 46 (IQR 19, 70.25). The median surgeon observed to expected mortality (O:E) ratio was 0.87 (IQR 0.19-1.4). Median EMR for CA surgeons was 2.42% and 1.44% for NY surgeons. Linear regression models showed EMR was similar across years in practice. Regression models also showed surgeon O:E ratios were similar across years-in-practice. High and low-risk CABG cases are relatively equally distributed among surgeons of differing experience levels. This equal distribution of high and low-risk cases does not reflect a triaging of more complex cases to more experienced surgeons, which prior research shows may optimize patient outcomes.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
It is unknown how high and low-risk cases are distributed among cardiac surgeons of different experience levels. The purpose of this study was to determine if high and low-risk coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) cases are distributed among surgeons in such a way that would optimize outcomes in light of recent studies that show mid-career surgeons may obtain better patient outcomes on more complex cases.
METHODS
METHODS
We performed a cross-sectional study using aggregated New York (NY) and California (CA) statewide surgeon-level outcome data, including 336 cardiac surgeons who performed 43,604 CABGs. The surgeon observed and expected mortality rates (OMR and EMR) were collected and the number of years-in-practice was determined by searching for surgeon training history on online registries. Loess and linear regression models were used to characterize the relationship between surgeon EMR and surgeon years-in-practice.
RESULTS
RESULTS
The median number of surgeon years-in-practice was 20 (interquartile range [IQR] 11-28) with a median annual case volume of 46 (IQR 19, 70.25). The median surgeon observed to expected mortality (O:E) ratio was 0.87 (IQR 0.19-1.4). Median EMR for CA surgeons was 2.42% and 1.44% for NY surgeons. Linear regression models showed EMR was similar across years in practice. Regression models also showed surgeon O:E ratios were similar across years-in-practice.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
High and low-risk CABG cases are relatively equally distributed among surgeons of differing experience levels. This equal distribution of high and low-risk cases does not reflect a triaging of more complex cases to more experienced surgeons, which prior research shows may optimize patient outcomes.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1189-1193Informations de copyright
© 2021 Wiley Periodicals LLC.
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