Neurosurgery
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Neurosurgery
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Observational Study
Quality of British and American Nationwide Quality of Care and Patient Safety Benchmarking Programs: Case Neurosurgery.
Multiple nationwide outcome registries are utilized for quality benchmarking between institutions and individual surgeons. ⋯ The implemented benchmarking programs in the United Kingdom and United States fail to identify a considerable number of complications in a high-volume center. Health care policy makers should be cautious as outcome comparisons between most centers and individual surgeons are questionable if based on the programs.