Determinants of Variation in Pneumonia Rates After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Alexander A. Brescia, MD, J. Scott Rankin, MD, Derek D. Cyr, PhD, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, MD, Richard L. Prager, MD, Min Zhang, PhD, Roland A. Matsouaka, PhD, Steven D. Harrington, MD, MBA, Rachel S. Dokholyan, MPH, Steven F. Bolling, MD, Astrid Fishstrom, LMSW, Sara K. Pasquali, MD, David M. Shahian, MD, Donald S. Likosky, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 105, Issue 2, Pages 513-520 (February 2018) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.08.012 Copyright © 2018 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Selection criteria schema for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) patients from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database (STS-ACSD). (VAD = ventricular assist device.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2018 105, 513-520DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.08.012) Copyright © 2018 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Estimated distribution of hospital-specific postoperative pneumonia rates. The area between any two points on the x-axis represents the proportion of hospitals within that range. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2018 105, 513-520DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.08.012) Copyright © 2018 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Model estimates explaining factors of hospital variation in pneumonia rates. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2018 105, 513-520DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.08.012) Copyright © 2018 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions