Accounting for outcomes: Lies, damned lies, and statistics

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Accounting for outcomes: Lies, damned lies, and statistics Robert M. Sade, MD, Andrea Boan, PhD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 153, Issue 5, Pages 1212-1213 (May 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.12.009 Copyright © 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Mortality rates for esophageal cancer surgery. These confidence intervals display the overlap between mortality rates after esophageal cancer surgery, comparing results from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database (STS DB), St Cifferet surgeons, and hypothetical doctor Andrea Smith. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2017 153, 1212-1213DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.12.009) Copyright © 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Confidence intervals convey the uncertainties of comparing outcome data. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2017 153, 1212-1213DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.12.009) Copyright © 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions