ReviewMedical sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2026
Public Reporting in Cardiothoracic Surgery: Does Transparency Improve Care?
Vasileios Leivaditis, Francesk Mulita, Sofoklis Mitsos, Periklis Tomos, Nikolaos Kontodimopoulos, Elias Liolis, Konstantinos Nikolakopoulos, Irida Pano, Theodora Skoura, Efstratios Koletsis and 2 more
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2 · The registryThe trial behind it
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5 · Who and what moneyAuthors and funding
12 authors.
Vasileios LeivaditisDepartment of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Westpfalz Klinikum, 67655 Kaiserslautern, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8692-0059 Francesk MulitaSecond Department of Surgery, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-7198-2628 Sofoklis MitsosDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Attikon General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12461 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-0606-7287 Periklis TomosDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Attikon General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12461 Athens, Greece.
Nikolaos KontodimopoulosDepartment of Economics and Sustainable Development, Harokopio University, 17676 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-4590-6634 Elias LiolisDepartment of Oncology, General University Hospital of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece.
Konstantinos NikolakopoulosDepartment of Vascular Surgery, General University Hospital of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece.
Irida PanoDepartment of Clinical Subject, University of Medicine Tirana, 1005 Tirana, Albania.
Theodora SkouraMedical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Aretaeion Hospital, 11528 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-3137-5361 Efstratios KoletsisDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, General University Hospital of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-1660-4047 Nikolaos G BaikoussisDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Ippokrateio General Hospital of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-5645-662X Anastasios SepetisPostgraduate Health and Social Care Management Program, Department of Business Administration, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-8882-7242 Funding
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6 · The paper itselfAbstract
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Cardiac Surgical ProceduresPublic Reporting of Healthcare DataThoracic SurgeryThoracic Surgical ProceduresHumansQuality Improvementcardiothoracic surgeryethicsoutcomespublic reportingquality improvementrisk adjustmenttransparency
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PMCPMC13515552
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