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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;80:2106-2113
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
a Department of Surgery, Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
b Department of Cardiac Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
c Department of Cardiac Surgery, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
d Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
e Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, and Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
Accepted for publication June 28, 2005.
* Address correspondence to Dr Shahian, Department of Surgery, Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, 736 Cambridge St, Boston, MA 02135 (Email: david.shahian{at}caritaschristi.org).
BACKGROUND: Choice of statistical methodology may significantly impact the results of provider profiling, including cardiac surgery report cards. Because of sample size and clustering issues, logistic regression may overestimate systematic interprovider variability, leading to false outlier classification. Theoretically, the use of hierarchical models should result in more accurate representation of provider performance.
METHODS: Extensively validated and audited data were available for all 4,603 isolated coronary artery bypass grafting procedures performed at 13 Massachusetts hospitals during 2002. To produce the official Massachusetts cardiac surgery report card, a 19-variable predictor set and a hierarchical generalized linear model were employed. For the current study, this same analysis was repeated with the 14 predictors used in the New York Cardiac Surgery Reporting System. Two additional analyses were conducted using each set of predictor variables and applying standard logistic regression. For each of the four combinations of predictors and models, the point estimates of risk-adjusted 30-day mortality, 95% confidence or probability intervals, and outlier status were determined for each hospital.
RESULTS: Overall unadjusted mortality for coronary bypass operations was 2.19%. For most hospitals, there was wide variability in the point estimates and confidence or probability intervals of risk-adjusted mortality depending on statistical model, but little variability relative to the choice of predictors. There were no hospital outliers using hierarchical models, but there was one outlier using logistic regression with either predictor set.
CONCLUSIONS: When used to compare provider performance, logistic regression increases the possibility of false outlier classification. The use of hierarchical models is recommended.
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