The importance of structures and processes in determining outcomes for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: an international perspective

European Heart Journal. Quality of Care & Clinical Outcomes
Sandeep S BahiaAlan Karthikesalingam

Abstract

Annual procedural mortality reports have become mandatory for vascular surgery in England, reflecting a more widespread appetite for transparency and accountability across the National Health Service (NHS) [BMJ 2013;346:f854]. The outcomes of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair, in particular, have attracted considerable commentary: from 1999 to 2006, postoperative mortality was higher in England than in many other countries (7.9 vs. 1.9-4.5%) [European Society for Vascular Surgery. 2nd Vascunet Report. 2008]. This stimulated considerable service reconfiguration (centralization), quality improvement initiatives, the uptake of endovascular technology, and the examination of institution-level mortality data [http://www.vascularsociety.org.uk/library/quality-improvement.html], which resulted in a fall in elective AAA mortality to 1.8% by 2012 [http://www.hqip.org.uk/assets/NCAPOP-Library/NCAPOP-2013-2014/Outcomes-after-Elective-Repair-of-Infra-renal-Abdominal-Aortic-Aneurysm.pdf (February 2015)]. Despite improvements at a national level, the outcomes of AAA repair vary considerably between different hospitals in the NHS [Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2014;7:131-141], analogous to interprovider variation that has been reported a...Continue Reading

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