Updating an Empirically Based Tool for Analyzing Congenital Heart Surgery Mortality.
Marshall L JacobsJeffrey Phillip JacobsDylan ThibaultKevin D HillBrett R AndersonPirooz EghtesadyTara KaramlouSubramanyan Ram KumarJohn E MayerCarlos M MeryMeena NathanDavid M OvermanSara K PasqualiJames D St LouisDavid ShahianSean M O'BrienPublished in: World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery (2021)
The updated STAT metrics reflect contemporary practice and outcomes. New empirically based STAT 2020 Scores and Category designations are assigned to a larger set of procedure codes, while accounting for risk associated with multiple component operations. Updating STAT metrics based on contemporary outcomes facilitates accurate assessment of case mix.