Presidential address: time, our vanishing commodity, and a prescription for rescue William M Abbott, MD Journal of Vascular Surgery Volume 39, Issue 6, Pages 1149-1156 (June 2004) DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2003.10.051
Fig 1 President's plaque, the New England Society for Vascular Surgery. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2004 39, 1149-1156DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2003.10.051)
Fig 2 Reproduction of the classic 1967 paper first using the Life Table Method for reporting vascular surgery results. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2004 39, 1149-1156DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2003.10.051)
Fig 3 Effect of risk adjustment for 30-day mortality ranking, where high-ranking and low-ranking Veterans Affairs hospitals are realigned. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2004 39, 1149-1156DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2003.10.051)
Fig 4 Observed-expected ratio for vascular surgery morbidity results for 14 private sector hospitals noting low outliers (eg, sites 1 and 2) and high outliers (eg, sites 6, 13, and 14). Journal of Vascular Surgery 2004 39, 1149-1156DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2003.10.051)