The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) released its latest report – “California Report on Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery, 2009-2010,” – which found that California’s operative mortality rates have decreased 31% for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, The report includes data collected from 120 California-licensed hospitals where 271 surgeons performed 12,548 adult isolated CABG surgeries in 2010. Performance ratings for the hospitals are based on three risk-adjusted outcomes: operative mortality, operative stroke, and unplanned hospital readmission.
Read full report at http://oshpd.ca.gov/HID/Products/Clinical_Data/CABG/10Breakdown.html