title: Accountability: the future application of cardiothoracic surgical data in a changing health care environment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. Louis University Health Sciences Center, Missouri 63110-0250, USA.
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Kaiser
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000401:mortality; D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D016019:Survival Analysis; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000401:mortality*; D014481:United States