Enhanced preoperative education, high-quality informed consent and excellent communication
between patients and surgeons is vital for improving patient satisfaction after cardiac
surgery.
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Published online: September 24, 2022
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Commentary on STCVS-D-22-00035 titled “Patient satisfaction scores after cardiac surgery: should they be risk-adjusted?”
Conflict of interest: The authors have nothing to disclose related to commercial interests.
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- Patient Satisfaction Scores After Cardiac Surgery: Should They Be Risk-Adjusted?Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
- PreviewThe Hospital Consumer Assessment of Health Care Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) is a survey tool that quantifies patient satisfaction after hospitalization. We sought to interrogate our HCAHPS results in order to identify any association between preoperative health, type of operation, and postoperative outcomes, with patient satisfaction after cardiac surgery. Of 12,572 patients who underwent cardiac surgery between December 2012 and December 2019, 2587 patients (20.6%) completed the HCAHPS survey.
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