Yangsan Pusan National University Hospital Receives 'Grade 1' in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Appropriateness Evaluation

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kang Woo-kwon] Yangsan Pusan National University Hospital announced on the 28th that it received a Grade 1 rating in the ‘Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) Appropriateness Evaluation’ conducted by the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service.

This evaluation was conducted on 81 institutions, including general hospitals or higher, that performed coronary artery bypass grafting on patients with ischemic heart disease from the second half of 2018 to the first half of 2018.

The main indicators included ▲ total number of CABG surgeries ▲ total number of isolated CABG surgeries ▲ CABG surgery rate using the internal mammary artery (IMA) ▲ aspirin prescription rate at discharge ▲ reoperation rate due to postoperative bleeding or hematoma ▲ mortality rate within 30 days after surgery ▲ readmission rate within 30 days after discharge, among 10 items.

Yangsan Pusan National University Hospital scored 93.68 points in this evaluation. In particular, the readmission rate within 30 days after discharge was 7.3%, which was lower than the overall average of 12.1%, showing relatively superior performance compared to other hospitals. The results can be confirmed on the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service website.

Coronary artery bypass grafting is a surgical treatment method for ischemic heart disease, which accounts for half of the deaths from heart disease. Yangsan Pusan National University Hospital has received Grade 1 in all evaluations from 2010 to the present, being recognized as an excellent hospital in the field of coronary artery bypass grafting.

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