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Penetration, Completeness, and Representativeness of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database

Saturday, December 26, 2015

Submitted by

Arie Blitz

Source

Source Name: Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: http://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-4975(15)01416-2/abstract?dial…

Author(s)

Jeffrey P. Jacobs, MDcorrespondenceemail, David M. Shahian, MD, Xia He, MS, Sean M. O’Brien, PhD, Vinay Badhwar, MD, Joseph C. Cleveland Jr., MD, Anthony P. Furnary, MD, Mitchell J. Magee, MD, Paul A. Kurlansky, MD, J. Scott Rankin, MD, Karl F. Welke, MD, Giovanni Filardo, PhD, MPH, Rachel S. Dokholyan, MPH, Eric D. Peterson, MD, MPH, J. Matthew Brennan, MD, Jane M. Han, MSW, Donna McDonald, RN, MPH, DeLaine Schmitz, MSHL, RN, Fred H. Edwards, MD, Richard L. Prager, MD, Frederick L. Grover, MD

Using CMS CABG data as a denominator, the investigators examined the penetration, completeness, and representativeness of the STS database with respect to the CMS database. The investigators found that, in 2012--the most recent year analyzed--center-level penetration was 90% and patient-level penetration was 94%. These penetrations have increased substantially since 2000. By linking the two databases, a robust synergy may be created that will provide a powerful tool for analyzing long-term outcomes and costs for cardiothoracic surgery.