In the context of performance monitoring, the caterpillar plot should be mothballed in favor of the funnel plot

Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 Jul;86(1):348; author reply 349. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.10.028.
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Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / mortality*
  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / statistics & numerical data*
  • Hospital Mortality / trends*
  • Hospitals / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Multicenter Studies as Topic
  • Risk Management
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Statistics as Topic / methods*
  • Task Performance and Analysis
  • Total Quality Management