Consumer Reports published ratings for 221 CABG centers in the U.S. on Tuesday.
The ratings, based on data collected by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, take into account 11 performance measures — for example, postoperative renal failure, operative mortality, and surgical re-exploration.
All centers included in the report volunteered to have their data made public. A New England Journal of Medicine perspective calls such reporting “a watershed event in health care accountability.”
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