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The STS National Database

2014; Elsevier BV; Volume: 97; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.10.015

1552-6259

Frederick L. Grover, David M. Shahian, Richard E. Clark, Fred H. Edwards,

Radiation Dose and Imaging

he initial stimulus for developing The Society of TThoracic Surgeons (STS) National Database came in 1986 when the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) publicly reported hospital mortality using minimally adjusted, non-clinical data. Because of the lack of adequate risk adjustment and questions regarding the accuracy of diagnoses and procedures, cardiothoracic surgeons became very concerned that such data could be misleading. The STS Standards and Ethics Committee released a “Statement of Concern” in 1986, followed by the Society appointing an Ad Hoc Committee on Risk Factors for Coronary Bypass Surgery, which issued a report in 1988 stating: