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Castlight Health: Variation in Survival Rates for High-Risk Procedures Across Different Hospitals
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 03/16/2015 - 16:28
- Pancreatectomy: Significant variance in survival rate by hospital, at 19-percent - from 81 to 100-percent
- Esophagectomy: The average survival rate is 90-percent with a variation by hospital of 88 to 98-percent
- Abdominal aortic aneurism repair: A 13-percent variation in predicted survival rates -from 85.7 to 98.9-percent
- Aortic valve replacements: This heart surgery treats problems with the heart's aortic valve, and only 15-percent of hospitals fully met Leapfrog's standard
Source: The Leapfrog Group
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