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Ann Thorac Surg 2008;86:349. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.12.019
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Gary L. Grunkemeier, PhD, YingXing Wu, MD

Medical Data Research Center, Providence Health System, 9205 SW Barns Rd, Ste 33, Portland, OR 97225

(Email: gary.grunkemeier@providence.org).

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To the Editor:

We thank Mohammed and Deeks [1] for drawing attention to an alternative method of displaying comparative mortality data [1]. Even though the error-plot is more widely used, the funnel plot as proposed by Spiegelhalter [2] provides an interesting and attractive alternative display. However, the information contained in these two portrayals is—or can be made to be—exactly the same.

Our Figure 1 shows A of Mohammed and Deeks' Figure 1, with the 99% confidence . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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