title: Nomograms are more meaningful than severity-adjusted institutional comparisons for reporting outcomes.
authors.forename: Eric D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Hixson
authors.forename: Michael W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Kattan
mesh_terms: D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D049451:Nomograms; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D015203:Reproducibility of Results