Experiences in the Surgical Skill Centre at the University of Toronto

Definitions for CIHI Data

•LOS

–Combined/total LOS for each stage of the PPP as well as LOS for any hospital admissions between the first and last stage of the procedure

•30 day re-admission

–Any hospital admission within 30 days of the last stage of the PPP

•Hospital Volume

–Total number of PPP performed at each hospital from January 1992 to June 1998

–Low = < 10; Medium = 11 – 100; High = > 100

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