title: Publicly Available Outcome Data for Individual Surgeons: Lessons from Cardiac Surgery.
abstract: Surgeon-specific outcome data for cardiac surgery have been published in the UK since 2005 and have been associated with improvement in risk-adjusted survival over time. This reassurance about the safety of cardiac surgery is unique in the world, but it remains controversial.
authors.affiliation: Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, UK. Electronic address: david.jenkins@papworth.nhs.uk.
authors.forename: David P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Jenkins
authors.affiliation: Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, UK.
authors.forename: Graham
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cooper
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013222:State Medicine; D066231:Surgeons / Q000592:standards*; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom